by Barry Fagin | Jun 24, 2014 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, March 27, 2014} This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. This is a high-profile, high-stakes [[Obamacare]] case. Ultimately, the court will be asked to shed light on the question of...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 7, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, February 22, 2012} Religious conservatives are in an uproar over health insurance and birth control. And well they should be. The Obama administration’s initial ruling that Catholic institutions must offer health insurance...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 20, 2014 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Sharing my own desire for a viewpoint of compassion and healing over karmic wrath, this was written by my friend, Rob McCrady, regrding the death of the cult leader of [[Westboro Baptist Church]].} Forward: I’m not defending the man’s actions. [[Fred...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 20, 2014 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
The usual gun-jumping outcry from Evangelicals can be heard about the pending big screen presentation of “Noah”. The crime? It’s accurate to scripture (and therefore not what fundamentalists think the Bible says and means and are therefore offended)....
by Barry Fagin | Feb 10, 2014 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{Published in the October 21, 2011 print edition of the Colorado Springs Gazette, also available here.} (The following letter is fiction intended to make a point. I have never met the Sultan of Brunei, although I look forward to the opportunity to engage with him and...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 6, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, May 25, 2011} It’s been a good news cycle for critical thinkers. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and over the past few weeks we’ve been blessed with three of them: 1) The world will end on May...