by Barry Fagin | Dec 6, 2010 | Society & Culture
{June 2005} I’m standing on terrazzo of the Air Force Academy, behind a soundstage built for cadets only concert. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is headlining; they’re going through their sound check now. Once they’re done, my band will try things out. We...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 2, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
An Australian nurse, [[Toni Hoffman]], received the 2006 Australian of the Year Local Hero Award. Her deed? Informing a local politician of unheeded concerns voiced about an otherwise respected surgeon. Inquiries followed regarding unnecessary surgeries and other...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 25, 2010 | Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture
I wasn’t shocked by an article in The Chronicle, “The Shadow Scholar: The man who writes your students’ papers tells his story”. The writer makes a living churning out everything from master’s theses to medical care plans for everyone...
by Barry Fagin | Nov 22, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Colorado Springs Gazette, March 2005} If you weren’t rallying in Acacia Park Friday morning, you should’ve been. Friday’s protest was a no-brainer. When was the last time you exercised your constitutionally protected right to stand for something? One group did it...
by Jim Shanor | Nov 19, 2010 | Featured, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{From Cowpens Droppings, November, 2009} Local: You can see it on the local news in Cowpens, South Carolina, five in the morning til twelve at night. Cops chasing robbers all over the South Carolina Upstate, robbers scheming on any easy pickings, like late night...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 18, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
The current attention in American Politics is on the new airport screening policies of the TSA, a branch of the Department of Homeland Security. We have passed far beyond the question of how much shampoo will sound the alarm or if fancy toenail clippers will end up a...
