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 | Mar 11, 2014 | Business & Economics, Society & Culture
This TED Talk features reality show man-of-action Mike Rowe, host of “Dirty Jobs”. The moral of the story is that things are not what you expect, or even what you are told as to how things “should be”, whether it’s animal cruelty or the...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 10, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published March 10, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette, under the title “We Should Make Women’s Day an Occasion of Substance”} Last Monday was [[International Women’s Day]], always an underwhelming event in America. This time last year, I was...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 24, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, August 17, 2011} Next week marks a watershed in the public life of Colorado Springs. Our town may be known for its more vocal citizens’ emphasis on unquestioning belief, but some of us are trying to change that. Next...
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)....
