by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 16, 2012 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
The week’s TED Talk touches on a lot of subjects, from the effects of new communication technology on society (usually predicting world peace and getting other, unintended consequences such as revolution and other social change), to the contrast of open-source...
by Barry Fagin | Oct 15, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law
{Colorado Springs Gazette, 2012-10-04} “When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean …” Humpty Dumpty can afford to think that way; he’s a fictional character. Unfortunately, politicians aren’t. Real politicians pass real laws with real consequences for...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 10, 2012 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
This Wildcard Wednesday is an article written by Laurens van der Windt, from MyBlogGuest.Com and who works for searchstarz.com. {Editor’s Note: His explanation of the situation in Greece mimics that of the United States, the main difference being that the...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 9, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience
In Ben Goldacre’s TED Talk, “What doctors don’t know about the drugs they prescribe”, we are presented with a scary evaluation of medical research, filled systemically with bias and fraud. He states, “Positive findings are around twice...
by Barry Fagin | Oct 8, 2012 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 11-13-08. Editor’s Note: Barry’s truths are timeless as we are seeing this current election cycle.} If the Republican Party in Colorado learns nothing else from this election, it should learn this: The economy...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 4, 2012 | Politics & Law
The most important thing to know about the first presidential debate of 2012 is that if you missed it, life goes on. The only even remotely worthy candidates either lost in the primary or weren’t invited. (For example, [[Gary Johnson]] had every right and...