by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 24, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
In a LinkedIn discussion on the allowance of extremist thinking, I suggested a line be drawn in terms of intolerance as a determining factor of clearly undesirable extremism. Why? Extremism is NOT hard to qualify. The line drawn between belief and fanaticism is when...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 18, 2015 | Society & Culture
A feminist author recently attempted to write a definitive piece on the evils of “cultural appropriation”, or rather it seemed to suggest that nearly all appropriation is MIS-appropriation. I accept that it contained lot of good points that people could...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 15, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Every now and then I come across an effort to compare of contrast the scriptural teachings of Jesus of Nazareth with this or that political party or ideology. One such meme pits things like “Feed the Hungry” versus “Cut Food Stamp Benefits” and...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 12, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Just got off Skype, being in a live discussion on BBC World radio on the topic of ethnicity as a choice. The topic was raised because of the controversy over the race of the head of an NAACP chapter, and someone across the pond came across my article “Ethnicity...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 7, 2015 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
I came across an article about Billionaires deciding to give back (or, more accurately and consistent with successful attitudes, “invest”) most of their wealth to benefit mankind. I was surprised at how many people were surprised. This really comes down to...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 25, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Julian Chambliss, a college History Chair is planning a flag burning (and burial) across the South to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War. The flag is the “Confederate Flag”, which historically is actually a variant of the Battle...
