by Barry Fagin | Apr 11, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Originally published, with comments, in the Coloroado Springs Gazette, January 19, 2011} Stop the presses! Your zodiac sign is wrong! Every few years, when someone bothers to ask real questions to a real scientist, the question of “precession” and astrology comes up....
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 7, 2011 | Business & Economics, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
As someone who plans to write a book (or two, or three) someday, I cringe every time I go to a “dollar store” from the very thought that something I may write someday might end up there. A garage sale is one thing, as you can find treasures now and then,...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 28, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 4-20-06} Now is not a good time to believe in intelligent design. A few weeks ago, Judge Jones’s ruling in the Dover case put the legal lid on ID’s coffin. Now it looks like science will pound in the nails. Just last...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 14, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 4-6-06} How can we tell if something isn’t so? Throughout all time, humanity has cared deeply about answering this question. If someone tells us evil spirits are making us sick, we’ve got to know if they’re right. If...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 14, 2011 | Education, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Originally published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2-9-06} Last week I was invited to a conference on school reform. I spoke about the sorry state of mathematics education in America and how we can make it better. You’d think math would be a bipartisan issue, but...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 17, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, November 2005} [[Idiot|Pat Robertson]] is an idiot. What else can you say about a man who, just a few days ago, he did at apocalyptic events for a small town in Pennsylvania when an election didn’t go his way?...
