by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 9, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
The schoolroom version of history tells us that America wanted to be free of oppression, economically and politically. This is evident in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. But of what import were these two motivations, namely that of liberty and...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 2, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Sometimes you have to embrace the assumptions of an argument to really bring out how it is false, or even dangerous. For example, I do not believe mass surveillance works (or should even be allowed to work, but we’ll get to that). I do not have confidence that...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 31, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
A Vietnam vet I knew in college (“I fought the war; I taught the war”) said that in the end, the conflict was not over Communism or Capitalism, but always came down to “Rice-ism”, meaning that whatever filled bellies had the power over the...
by Barry Fagin | Dec 30, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, September 14, 2011} The patient is dying. Sometimes breathing with great difficulty, other times thrashing about in agony, it is time to dispense with heroic measures. We should let the Postal Service go gently into that...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 26, 2013 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Recently broadcast comments about a [[Phil Robertson]]’s personal views on homosexuality (and other issues) caused a huge stir in the world of cable television recently. Not to be honest, my wife and I love the show, and can see why so many Americans do, too....
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 19, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
A rerun of Thanksgiving, Michelle Obama is urging people to use Christmas Dinner as the place and time to “educate” relatives on the virtues of [[Obamacare]]. A rerun of Thanksgiving counter-measure “survival tips”, conservatives from...
