by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 27, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
A deliberate mission. World-renown journalist Mona Eltahawy sprays a New York City subway poster with a can of pink spray paint. What drove a member of the [[Forth Estate]] to break the “fourth wall” of her profession and take action against a public...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 26, 2012 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture, Uncategorized
I caught an article titled “The Power of Catalytic Philanthropy” from Bill Gates’s Twitter Feed. Bill and Melinda see the role of philanthropy to be a fill-in where neither markets nor governments trod, or as he puts it, “to do work in a world...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 24, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 10-30-08} In four years of writing this column, I’ve never written about abortion. I hoped that I wouldn’t have to. But next week’s election changes the picture. I urge citizens of Colorado to vote no on Amendment 48. A...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 20, 2012 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
The backlashes of the [[Affordable Care Act]] have already begun, disrupting employments patterns and steadily raising premiums for many. The HMOs are having a field day in anticipation, spending vast sums of advertising to win their share of Washington’s...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 19, 2012 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
In an open letter to the protesters in Australia that turned violent — and violent protesters in general around the globe — editorialist Peter FitzSimons questions the sanity of so many people protesting a file someone put on YouTube by attacking police,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 18, 2012 | Business & Economics, Society & Culture
In my keyboard travels I have mentioned many times the vast undocumented “wealth” of the developing world. In the West, we are used to a generally “formal” economy of rented spaces, vendor permits, and tidy marketplaces (for the most part)....