by Barry Fagin | Jul 8, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published March 24, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette} Why, oh why are we so desperate to live in historic times? It’s actually not that tough a question. If you can convince yourself that your life is unfolding during some momentous, world-altering event, your...
by Barry Fagin | Jun 24, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published May 5, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette} Two columns ago (before I was so rudely interrupted by Earth Day) I wrote about the importance of cutting taxes and cutting spending. The column was very specific on taxes (abolish the income tax), but readers...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 20, 2013 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
The recent riots in Sweden by Muslims are extremely similar to what happened in France a few years ago, and the role of prejudice is being laid once again at the wrong feet. This isn’t about Muslims invading and forcing their host countries to conform —...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 13, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{As webmaster/editor of the Nickel City Courier, I wrote this commentary about a Buffalo News feature “article” on Hillary Clinton circa 1999.} In Buffalo, New York, we’re poorly employed, politically scandaled, and predominantly Democrat....
by Barry Fagin | Jun 10, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published April 7, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette} It’s time to abolish the federal income tax. What should we replace it with? Absolutely nothing. There are a number of reasons to get rid of the income tax. It is a terrible intrusion into the private lives of...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 5, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
Drudge changed the way news breaks, but he made a statement recently at the National Press Club that dealt with the political issues of Free Press. Excerpt: The First Lady of the United States recently addressed concerns about Internet during a Cyberspatial Millennium...