by Barry Fagin | Feb 6, 2012 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Colorado Springs Gazette, 2011-12-07} “Comfort ye my people”. A lone tenor voice begins Handel’s “Messiah.” The words soar to the roof of the Academy Chapel, soon joined by the combined voices of the USAFA Cadet Chorale. I know the singer. He’s majoring in computer...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 3, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
For this Friday Follow-up, I bring you the following statistic, based on the most recently compiled FBI data: Anti-Muslim hate crimes increased 50% in 2010 over 2009 levels. That was the year anti-Islamic rhetoric jumped from the fringe, flooded through the...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 12, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
I honestly never thought I’d have to write an article on this subject. I mean seriously … why would this be major news? Terrible things happen in war, but thanks to modern media, the worst, remote incidents can become internationally-acclaimed video...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 2, 2012 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 6-1-06} Did you know the world ended last week? A comet was supposed to hit the earth, kept secret by a government conspiracy. The impact would have caused a devastating tsunami, killing millions. Good thing it didn’t...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 29, 2011 | Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
The End of the World is Nigh! Or, at least as much as it’s always been. Are you a prophet or the follower of one? If so, I’m willing to place bets against any and all such prophesies, at any odds, because frankly, I have more sense than you. Besides, if...
by Barry Fagin | Dec 19, 2011 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Originally published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 12-15-05} What was Richard Nixon’s biggest mistake? Watergate? Not by a long shot. He screwed up even bigger when he signed Executive Order 11582. That’s when Christmas became a Federal Holiday. Retail...
