by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 27, 2014 | Politics & Law
If there was any doubt before, Dianne Feinstein made it clear her position of authority is due entirely to be propped up by a political party’s need to fill a seat, rather than intelligence or even a basic understanding of the world around her. Let’s look...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 17, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette as “Looking back one last time at love, hope and transitions” on June 14th, 2012} Three times on these pages I’ve dropped off a child at college or seen one graduate. Today’s column will be the last. Three years...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 13, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
The mounting number of government jobs versus the private (FREE) sector is scary as hell and people don’t see what happens at the end of that road. They honestly think an economy like North Korea can’t happen here, all the while doing everything they can...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 11, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
The speaker in this TED Talk suggests that hacking — amateur modifications to existing things — is a highly democratic process, citing Ben Franklin as a role model for such activity, and crowdsourcing of municipal information as modern examples. The most...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 10, 2014 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{Published in the October 21, 2011 print edition of the Colorado Springs Gazette, also available here.} (The following letter is fiction intended to make a point. I have never met the Sultan of Brunei, although I look forward to the opportunity to engage with him and...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 7, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
Here it comes again. Another battle to raise or not raise the debt ceiling for the United States. During recent debates, Democrats will once again accuse Republicans of holding the economy hostage by not giving in to every demand. Republicans insist it is merely...