by Barry Fagin | Aug 18, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Psychology, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, July 18th, 2013} Anyone who has Googled “bikini” within the past two weeks (90 percent of hormonally active males with an Internet connection) knows all about Madelyn Sheaffer. While trying to enjoy the...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 30, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, August 29, 2013} A Texas megachurch that encouraged its congregants to resist vaccination has been hit with an outbreak of measles. Divine retribution? I’m thinking they don’t see it that way. A measles outbreak...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 27, 2014 | Business & Economics, Psychology, Society & Culture
This TED Talk is an interesting overview of studies showing that having more resources and advantage may make people less empathetic and more dominant, even attributing their success to personal actions over circumstance. It also asserts that economic inequality...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 15, 2014 | Psychology, Society & Culture
This TED talk tells a story of an everyday “ordinary” citizen as whistle-blower and the lessons related to it. Surprisingly, a major impediment is that people choose to not know or believe there is a problem.
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 28, 2013 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Why can’t Islam get its act together? Because Islam isn’t a church. It’s a religion. Huge difference. So let’s rephrase it: Why can’t Muslims get their act together? Is that a more valid question? By that token, why can’t Christians...
by Barry Fagin | Nov 11, 2013 | Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, October 27, 2010} Why do people believe in things that are obviously nonsense? Halloween is around the corner. It was great fun when my kids were little; I still enjoy it when kids come to my door. Dressing up as scary...
