by Barry Fagin | Jun 11, 2012 | Education, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 4-18-08} No doubt about it, intelligent design theory belongs in the classroom. It belongs in psychology class, studied as a social phenomenon of how some people react when their beliefs contradict reality. It belongs in...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 23, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2-7-08} Yesterday, I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion at The Classical Academy. Below are excerpts from my opening remarks. I am here to defend rationalism. As a rationalist, I value reason and...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 6, 2012 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2012-03-21. Author’s Note: This column was drawn from invited presentations at Temple Shalom and Classical Academy High School in Colorado Springs. Editor’s Note: This is a Friday Follow-up for a article written...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 2, 2012 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 1-10-08} Mike Huckabee has a lot to learn about critical thinking. Based on his latest speech at Liberty University, he is not fit to be President. Governor Huckabee analyzed his victory in the Iowa caucuses with remarks...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 12, 2012 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 12-13-07} I had horrible thoughts about the shootings at New Life. This column is my penance. My first thoughts as the story broke weren’t about the people threatened by a deranged psychopath. My first thoughts were about...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 7, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
This TED video caught my eye immediately, since I recent wrote an article, “The Soul of the Scientist”, that offered meaningful ways in which the process of science benefits from, or even needs, the attitude of faith. This video shows how atheism in its...
