by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 5, 2013 | Politics & Law
Many support the idea of public funding for campaigns as an alternative to private. I say we change the way we think about campaigning and it’s very legitimacy. And I have a better solution, one whose ideas are already gaining speed in some places (such as...
by Barry Fagin | Nov 4, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, October 10, 2013} In these times of governmental gridlock and incompetence, it’s great to see what the private sector can do if given the chance. Provided it’s not being strangled in regulations by the Democrats,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 24, 2013 | Politics & Law
It’s apparently some secret that the House of Representatives sets the federal budget and it’s Senate’s job to approve or send it back with suggestions and compromises. When the latter didn’t do this, the former was blamed. Except that’s...
by Barry Fagin | Oct 14, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, August 4, 2011} Far from being a “historic” compromise, the debt-ceiling deal is politics as usual. Federal spending increases every year, entitlements are untouched, no agencies or subsidies are targeted for elimination. As...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 10, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
If John F. Kennedy would have posted this on Facebook, the NSA would probably have a flag on his name in their database somewhere: Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 3, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Since no one seems to understand how the government works, I figured I’d try to explain it in terms that even a geek can understand. Think of the government as a family computer. Think of hard drive space as the Federal Budget, RAM as debt, and increasing the...