by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 11, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
It took me nearly two days to compose myself after details of the news hit me, at least enough to write a coherent article that wasn’t a nerve-wracking rant. It felt like watching every last cute kitten on the Internet wasn’t going to sooth how...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 9, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
This TED Talk by George Takei shows the most unlikely perseverance of faith in Democracy by citizens non grata, the Americans during WWII of Japanese descent. Recently, I actually met a much older gentleman who defends to this day the choice for the US Government to...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 5, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
In a recent interview, comedian Chris Rock makes a lot of thoughtful if not insightful statements. He speaks of the impact of technology (camera video) on comedians testing out their lines on audiences before it’s polished for the road or screen; he speaks of...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 27, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
I here offer you words of thanksgiving, from another time — a time before exceptionalism run into the ground, and in contrast was cherished in a healthy and not imperialistic pride. I wonder how many of these words we can find meaning in today, or if we have...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 25, 2014 | Society & Culture
This TED Talk drives us to consider art as a natural human activity, not an organized, institutional one. Maybe we should all try to move, express, and participate, rather than watch, schedule, and attend. “Imagination cannot be contained in...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 18, 2014 | Business & Economics, Society & Culture
The TED Talk seems one part public service announcement and one part advertisement for a multinational corporation ([[Unilever]]), but the salient point for me was breaking through the assumed contradiction between private enterprise growth tied so strongly with the...
