by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 8, 2011 | Featured, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
Let me tell you about two very different mosques in Lower Manhattan. The first is a proposed mosque, one that will look down on Ground Zero, close enough to be built over the possible remains of the victims from that fateful day. The radical imam behind it is...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 18, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
We just rented the movie “Paul”, the comedy of an alien who finds his way home with the help of a couple British geek tourists. I enjoyed it, but then I give generous stars to most movies I see. But when I watch a movie, I also often see the ideology of...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 11, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 11-16-06} I can’t forgive Ted Haggard. Not because I’m unable to, but because it’s forbidden. I’m not one of his victims. Jewish tradition teaches that forgiveness for a sin comes from those most hurt by it. That’s why...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jul 7, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
From a Tea Party forum on LinkedIn flows just enough xenophobia to justify the stereotype pushed by the press and limit my interactions there. An article posted there from a rant blog is worthy of mentioning here, but not because it was emblematic of the most...
by Barry Fagin | Jun 20, 2011 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 9-21-06} What is it in human nature that makes us want to be victims? Why is a sense of membership in a persecuted group so seductive? If I were on Lieutenant Gordon Klingenschmitt’s court martial board, I’d ask him those...
by Barry Fagin | Jun 6, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality
{Colorado Springs Gazette, 8-10-06} I wasn’t going to write about religion this week. But that was before Mel Gibson blamed me and every Jew for “all the wars in the world”. Mr. Gibson directed, bankrolled and made millions off a film called “The Passion of the...
