by Barry Fagin | Sep 9, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, September 15, 2010} I see it quite often, and often when I least expect it. I ran into it again this week in the course of fixing my car. And whenever I see it, it always gives me pause. It makes me feel different, awkward,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 5, 2013 | Politics & Law
I’m confused. UK’s Parliament decided not to engage war in Syria, but we might without Congress’s consent, AGAIN. I thought THEY had the monarchy. Such a monarchy comment may be facetious. But it brings out the irony of our state of affairs. This is...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 2, 2013 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
I have mixed feelings on Labor Day. I reject the foreign and ironically un-egalitarian notions that “labor” is a “class” distinct from others, especially in a socially mobile and entrepreneurial society where some of the hardest laborers are...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 29, 2013 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
I’m not going to ask you to boycott places that demand higher wages. I’m going to tell you that you will. It’s not an order, but something you can’t help. My wife and I were in Burger King this evening. Some irate woman at the drive-thru held...
by Barry Fagin | Aug 26, 2013 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, September 1, 2010} Score one for the Nanny State. After two years and millions of dollars, three entrepreneurs and wealth creators formerly associated with Spectranetics in Colorado Springs are going to jail. Their crime?...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 22, 2013 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law
{Statement of [[Bradley Manning]], republished here to protect and promote free speech, the fairest use of all. Source is here.} “The decisions that I made in 2010 were made out of a concern for my country and the world that we live in. Since the tragic events...