by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 12, 2017 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{Facebook post by Ryan S Bonnett, published here with permission} I get asked every once in a while why I decided to get a history degree. After all, I never technically did anything with it. At the time, I took the classes because I enjoyed them. The longer I live,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 4, 2016 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Facebook post by Ryan S Bonnett, published here with permission} Hi everyone. It’s going to be a rough few days as the election nears, so I figured we could have one, last, civil conversation about the whole thing. Mostly, I wanted to talk about how we got...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 28, 2016 | Featured, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law
Maybe you’re a Republican who is shaking your head that “this is really happening”. Maybe you’re a Democrat who “got Berned” in the primary. Or maybe you’re among the clear majority of Americans who do not identify as Blue or...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 13, 2016 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
I get that most people don’t have in-depth knowledge of geopolitics or can make connections across multiple sources of information, but why can’t the press at least TRY? For me, I feel most of the time that I’m watching a game and the commentators...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 11, 2016 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
When I think of 9-11, I no longer think of a nation that came together in tragedy. That was a short-term effect. No, I think of how we have become a nation that prefers security to liberty, with so many of us willing to justify breaching the most perverted taboo...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 28, 2016 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
People need to stop pretending that Hillary Clinton breaking some “glass ceiling” is a good thing. More than a stadium of people are in tears over the prospect as if it is the fulfillment of feminist prophecy or destiny. That’s fair enough to feel...