by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 2, 2013 | Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture
According to an article in USA Today, an Arizona High School decided to have a “Redneck Day” that “encouraged classmates to dress — and spoof — accordingly”. This apparently sparked debate over “free speech, social stereotypes and good...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 15, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Colorado Springs Gazette, 2013-01-24} The growing disparity between Colorado’s whites and nonwhites in virtually every important statistic of social well-being is a national disgrace. As the recent I-News series “Losing Ground” documents (full disclosure: I was a...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 5, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
I came across an article from the “truthout” website clearly showing that where gun laws were weak there were more gun-related deaths. Why would that be? I dunno, maybe BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE GUNS? That is like saying more people die of illness in...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 25, 2013 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009-04-15} Today marks the last day of Passover, when Jews all over the world gather over a meal whose traditions go back to pre-biblical times. No matter what your level of observance, every one of us feels a special pull...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 15, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
In follow-up to Dr. Barry Fagin’s article recently published here, I present a wonderful article that lays out social and other consequences of the so-aclled “[[War on Drugs]]”. I will not excerpt it because I think it’s better to be surprised...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 11, 2013 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009-10-29} Ten more Americans died this week in a senseless and pointless war in Afghanistan, fighting an enemy with allegedly supernatural powers that is impossible to kill. I’m talking about the opium poppy. Three DEA...
