by Barry Fagin | Jan 2, 2012 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 6-1-06} Did you know the world ended last week? A comet was supposed to hit the earth, kept secret by a government conspiracy. The impact would have caused a devastating tsunami, killing millions. Good thing it didn’t...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 27, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
A LinkedIn discussion brought up the normalcy of citizens carrying identification. Here’s a confession: I don’t carry any. Yes, there is wisdom in carrying ID, especially in the case of an accident and such. Except that one time I was pulled over and...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, December 8, 2010} As a long-time, hard-working federal employee who gives up a lot to work where he does, I have just one thing to say about the proposed federal employee pay freeze. I think it’s a terrific idea. Well, maybe...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 3, 2011 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{2005} The G-8 summit is over; the leaders of the world’s most powerful countries gave us a great show. So did Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and U2. They were just a few of the performers at “Live8”, a series of concerts intended to influence the G-8...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 7, 2010 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
As Americans, we live entrenched in a duplicity of often conflicting ideas of society and government. This is represented in how government is run, with legislation (and therefore law) in its broadest sense being from the start a compromise between different...