by Barry Fagin | May 2, 2011 | Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 6-29-06 “An Inconvenient Truth” opened at The Peak last weekend. At least, I think that’s where I spent my Friday night. Or maybe I went to services at New Life. Just looking at my notes, it’s hard to tell. I quoted...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 21, 2011 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
Intelligent Design is the fighting of a battle between theology and science … on the battlefield of science. Where honest scholarship prevails, theology loses — not because it is less worthy, but because it is barking up the wrong tree. The question that...
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 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...
