by Barry Fagin | Oct 6, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Psychology, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, November 21, 2013} What does it mean to have intellectual integrity? It means you admit error, changing your mind when the evidence says you should. Someone who uses the trappings of science to masquerade as a scientist, but...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 28, 2011 | Business & Economics, Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Originally published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 3-9-06} Do all high school teachers hate capitalism? Or just the ones in Colorado? By now, you’ve probably heard of geography teacher Jay Bennish and his 60’s-era classroom rants. Bennish delivered a 20-minute...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 9, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, September 15, 2010} I see it quite often, and often when I least expect it. I ran into it again this week in the course of fixing my car. And whenever I see it, it always gives me pause. It makes me feel different, awkward,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 13, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Who is behind that mask? Man? Woman? Terrorist? (Sorry, i was supposed to capitalize these for effect.) You don’t know, do you? Actually, I do, because I have common sense. The odds are astronomically high it can be nothing other than an Arabic woman. Someone...
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...