by Barry Fagin | Feb 20, 2012 | Education, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2-22-07} Critics believe vouchers are a “policy disaster” that will “destroy public education in America.” But a natural disaster has already wiped out public education in one American city, and its citizens are turning to...
by Jeremy Gloff | Feb 15, 2012 | Psychology, Society & Culture
It’s a shame there isn’t a time clock at family reunions. Floating amongst the long-lost relatives and strangers is as damn near a job as one could ever get. The whole ordeal would be much easier if I was getting paid for it. There’s always the uncomfortable hug from...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 14, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
In an unlikely topic for a TED event, a Dutch military man explains his choice of “a gun” to make a difference in the world. This is not a plea for private gun ownership, but a more complex look at the role of weapons in society for both war and...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 13, 2012 | Education, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2-8-07} This is Black History Month, so what better time to talk about race in America? At least, you’d think so. But most non-minority columnists won’t touch the issue. Racism and bigotry are so repulsive to sane people...
by Bob Hubbard | Feb 11, 2012 | Education, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Revisiting the Past : Part 4 – The Institution of Slavery as a cause for war. By Bob Hubbard (Originally Published on Martialtalk.com 12-16-2008) My previous three articles on States Rights, Secession and the causes of the ill named “American Civil...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 9, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
The “[[Butterfly Effect]]” is more than just a movie, but a now-popular notion that comes from [[chaos theory]], named so because of the “theoretical example of a hurricane’s formation being contingent on whether or not a distant butterfly had...
