by Barry Fagin | Sep 13, 2010 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{December 23rd, 2004} What was the Gazette thinking?? My Sunday paper is always crammed full of stuff I don’t want: A tube of toothpaste, a mouthwash sample, dishwasher detergent. But a New Testament? I’m speechless. Speechless and appalled. Yes, the Gazette is a...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 12, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Not so much an article, but I wanted to put out a few thoughts this evening in memory of the events of 9/11. With all the recent furor over an [[Park51|Islamic center near Ground Zero]], many Americans hoped we could simply honor those (of all faiths regardless) who...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 6, 2010 | Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{December 2004} A few days ago, the AARP came out against the president’s social security reform proposal. Bush had the temerity to allow workers to decide for themselves whether to invest part of their payroll taxes in private accounts. Even something this modest is...
by Barry Fagin | Aug 30, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{November 2004} I’ve been proselytized by Mormons, Muslims, Christians, believers in the Philosophy of Consciousness, Atheists, and even Orthodox Jews (who think I’m not Jewish enough). I’m part of The Unconvinced, the quiet but sizable population of Americans who...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 19, 2010 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Now that Dr. Laura is making headlines and speaking of not renewing her contract, I remembered why I stopped listening to her radio show years ago. I unburied the note below, faxed October 25th, 2001, after Dr. Laura’s interview with David Horowitz. Previous to...
by Barry Fagin | Aug 16, 2010 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in The Gazette, Colorado Springs} With the dramatic entrance of Tom Tancredo into the Republican gubernatorial primary, the immigration issue is sure to be front and center this fall. That’s too bad, because the traditional conservative view on this issue...
