Barry Fagin's newspaper columns

Dec 24th

Two cheers for Big Pharma's Pfizer

Enlightening new book on finding health care solutions

Dec 10th

Nov 29th

Time to stop the two-party doom loop

Nov 12th

Liability insurance for law enforcement

Oct 29th

A new space for the exploration of ideas

Oct 15th

"The Radical Center" launched Oct 15 2020, online versions/discussions now behind a paywall

Fighting a useless war against drugs

Opposing both racism, crime is not contradictory

Oct 1st

Aug 27th

Oppose laws that will cripple encryption

Flight MH17 trial could show the world that facts matter

July 2nd

June 18th

Damaging law protects government employees

June 4th

Libertarian candidate offers alternatives

May 14th

Pandemic ends the oil dominance myth

Freedom doesn't need a crisis to save lives

Apr 23rd

Can't make America like Sweden without more capitalism

Mar 19th

Ignoring the basics of software engineering

Mar 5th

Feb 6th

2019

There's a better way: Ranked Choice Voting	Online version	Nov 29th
Fossil finds reveal a real-life Jurassic Park	Online version	Oct 31st
Fearing the Ukrainization of America	Online version	Oct 10th
Trump's credible challengers in 2020	Online version	Sep 12th
Bigfoot crossing sign tests our gullibility	Online version	Aug 22nd
Accepting different types of communities	Online version	Aug 8th
Declaring war must be a Congressional power	Online version	Jul 11th
Owning our role in Central America's pain	Online version	Jun 27th
Consequences of bad political metaphors	Online version	Jun 13th
Discovery of the latest prime number	Online version	Jan 31st
A teacher with a larger-than-life impact	Online version	Jan 17th
2018
On concealed carry in the synagogue	Online version	Nov 1st
What science says about eyewitness accounts	Online version	Oct 11th
A challenging need for STEM teachers	Online version	Sep 27th
Addressing the city's growing pains	Online version	Aug 23rd
Congressional Dems: Your body, our choice	Online version	Mar 29th
The world is watching America's response to Ukraine	Online version	Mar 15th
Economic freedom fights "poor country disease"	Online version	Jan 25th
Guns don't kill people, and neither do drugs	Online version	Jan 11th

2017

Repeal of Title II authority will be good for the internet	Online version	Dec 14th
March for science left out some enterprises	Online version	May 1st
Understanding Russia as an equal		Apr 6th

2016

Electoral college protects against tyranny

Nov 17th

Special show tackled people's big questions

Idea of economic justice is at odds with liberty

Oct 27th

July 19th

Amid sorrow, we await Islam enlightenment

June 16th

Barriers remain in way of a more free world

Third-party candidates should take stage in presidential debates

June 2nd

Republicans left with a bullying demagogue as nominee

May 19th

May 5th

Mandatory recycling laws should be trashed

Sound principles, ideas deserving of closer look

Apr 21st

Time to admit TSA not a thoughtful policy decision

Apr 8th

Intimidation, threats of force drive politics

March 24th

Government tries to force Apple to debase its product

March 10th

America's tradition of accepting immigrants should still continue

Feb 25th

2015

Nov 19th

Budget deal kicks can farther down the road

Playboy's new direction a triumph of capitalism

Nov 5th

Russia taking a page from America's playbook

Oct 22nd

Politicos not interested in these folks' stories

Oct 8th

Runners can always find one more level of crazy

Sep 10th

Time for Springs to end its Comcast agreement

Aug 20th

Ukraine, fertile and blood-soaked, shakes its fist at history

Aug 13th

Online vesion

July 30th

'War on Drugs' to blame for El Chapo's power

Encyclical ignores too much of what we know

July 16th

June 25th

Status quo keeps U.S. tax system backward

Backbone of this nation is right to free speech

May 28th

May 7th

No place in military for army of God

Leave shared lodging sites alone, busybodies

Apr 23rd

Ukraine's mess is bad and likely to get worse

Apr 9th

Mar 26th

Court battle fueled by hubris of the left

Empower patients to control health care costs

Mar 12th

The world is better off without key escrow laws

Feb 26th

Price gouging is what capitalism is all about

Feb 12th

Jan 29th

Sri Lanka bows to religious tolerance

The next time a genius shows up, let's be ready

Jan 15th

2014

Push for net neutrality aimed at solving problem that doesn't exist

Nov 30th

Flu vaccine a miracle of science, capitalism

Nov 13th

Oct 30th

Some find selves on wrong side of history

Crony capitalism or the free market? Congress must decide

Oct 16th

Putin wages covert wars abroad to increase popularity at home

Oct 2nd

New rallying cry: What doesn't government undo something?

Sep 18th

Putting a stake through the heart of Obamacare

Sep 4th

Online version

July 31st

Is freedom the solution to health insurance?

Georgia is one weird, but cool place to visit

July 17th

Force VA to compete for patients, instead of ignoring them

June 26th

May 31st

Try freedom before regulating Uber, Lyft

May 8th

New Jersey governor doesn't know Colorado

Leave the courts out of First Amendment issues

April 24th

The devil is in the details of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores

April 10th

America must adjust to new post-Cold War era

March 27th

Key to fighting corruption is economic freedom

March 13th

Our sense of fairness and a fight for survival

Feb 27th

Crisis in the Ukraine: "There is only power"

Feb 13th

It's time America stops waging a war on youth

Jan 30th

Judge's decision on cake making is freedom taking

Jan 9th

2013

Dec 12th

The importance of intellectual integrity

Nov 21st

Drug policy should include more freedom

Trip to Mars more than an awesome adventure

Nov 7th

Friction-free capitalism has enabled travel plans

Oct 24th

America's real problem is with spiritual poverty

Oct 10th

Intervention in Syria's civil war won't help

Sep 26th

Ignoring science or reason can be fatal sometimes

Sep 12th

Grim fiscal reality requires review of military alliances

Aug 29th

Political establishment should listen to libertarians

Aug 15th

Let's fight terror without sacrificing our liberties

Aug 1st

From bikinis to burqas, let women wear what they want

Online version

July 18th

Why shouldn't we learn to control mother nature?

July 4th

Let's play ball without the government's subsidies

June 20th

Apple takes a bite out of the corporate tax system

June 6th

Colorado should be a model on internet sales taxes

May 23rd

Marathon run transcends participating in a race

May 9th

We accept spending cuts that really aren't cuts at all

Apr 25th

Change the mission of our military to retrenchment

Apr 11th

Running first marathon an accomplishment that will last

Mar 7th

Darwin Day reminds us about intellectual integrity

Feb 21st

We need major, radical steps to stop losing ground

Feb 7th

The fairness impulse has outlived its usefulness

Jan 24th

A chicken in every pot, downloadable guns for all

Jan 10th

2012

AARP has its head in the sand about Social Security benefits

Dec 27th

Dec 13th

Being pandered to is important

Air Force Academy professor sounds off on being 'better'

Nov 29th

Proposed amendments involve issue of individual liberties

Nov 15th

Campaign finance debate (mp3)

Nov 1st

George ready for the big issues

Meaning of words matter, especially during an election year

Oct 18th

A truly free society respects everyone's individual choices

Oct 4th

Take a look at a candidate few have ever heard about

Sep 20th

Running can teach us a lot about the meaning of 'crazy'

Sep 6th

Colorado Republicans shouldn't Californicate

Aug 23rd

Life's painful transitions teach us what is really important

Aug 9th

Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare means liberty is divisible

July 26th

Prayer warriors accomplish little when fighting wildfires

July 12th

Looking back one last time at love, hope and transitions

June 28th

June 14th

Smart people and stupid ideas

Free market doesn't control the traffic in the friendly skies

May 31st

May 17th

Thrill of cyber victory is sweet

Government should not be in the shooting range business

May 3rd

Prague jam session proves blues works in any language

Apr 19th

It looks like time travel may have to wait a little longer

Apr 5th

Obama, Santorum take a page from Putin's campaign strategy

Mar 22nd

Insurance dispute takes another chop at the tree of liberty

Mar 8th

Feb 23rd

A bill of good things to have (response to op-ed from President)

Feb 6th

Three conservative factions

Exposing the realities of Santorum's big government agenda

Jan 26th

'The Messiah' filled with wonder, inspiration, joy and beauty

Jan 12th

2011

The relationship among religion, government and charity

Dec 8th

(not available online)

Nov 21st

Point/Counterpoint: with John Horner: The Housing Bubble

Taking on Occupy Wall Street's Grievances Against Corporations

Oct 27th

Day at CC's White Privilege Conference Exposes Oppression

Oct 13th

Although it's sad, the US Postal Service needs to fade away

Sep 29th

Personal responsibility plays a crucial role in weight loss

Sep 15th

Skepticamp offers opportunity to experience critical thinking

Sep 1st

A plan for finally resolving our politics-as-usual debt crisis

Aug 18th

We are all losing during the Washington battle of words

Aug 5th

Site of horrible nuclear disaster not what you would expect

Jul 21st

Point/Counterpoint with John Horner: Regulating markets

Jul 8th

Our hope as a culture rests in an embrace of critical thinking

June 23rd

Some sage advice for Colorado Springs' first 'strong mayor'

May 26th

Point/Counterpoint: with John Horner Medicare reform

May 12th

Put defense spending under the scrutiny microscope

Apr 28th

Planned Parenthood cuts are a bone tossed to conservatives

Apr 14th

Political 'Mom and Dad' can't always save us from monsters

Mar 17th

A time to dream big dreams, expand humankind's reach

Mar 3rd

Issue is about crossing the border between church and state

Feb 17th

Horoscope hangups demonstrate a lack of critical thinking

Feb 3rd

Federal pay freeze should precede a larger fiscal conversation

Jan 20th

2010

Voters echo founders' wish to pit ambition against ambition

Dec 9th

Belief in obvious nonsense is not a harmless indulgence

Nov 11th

Social network is ultimately about communities of choice

Oct 28th

GOP's ‘Pledge to America' weak, riddled with loophole phrases

Oct 14th

Christian business directories send divisive message

Sep 30th

Spectranetics arrests prove fundamental flaws at the FDA

Sep 16th

Public employee benefits are out of sync with economic reality

Sep 2nd

Time to rekindle the vision of America as a hope for freedom

Aug 19th

It's time for a ‘mythbuster' for politics' evil special interests

Aug 5th

World's premium on English strangely absent in America

July 22nd

What one father discerned at his child's graduation

June 17th

AFA's Scholars Program is an example of something great

June 3rd

Make the hard choices to cut entitlements and defense

May 20th

May 6th

Let's abandon Earth Day myths

Abolish federal income tax and curb government spending

Apr 22nd

Something 'historic' should be something we all support

Apr 8th

We should make Women's Day an occasion of substance

Mar 25th

Apologize now for the burden future generations will bear

Mar 11th

Libertarians: They're out there, they're growing, and they vote

Feb 18th

Not all Christians believe quake was caused by a curse

Feb 4th

Tension builds between two main conservative varieties

Jan 21st

The word 'Christmas' has two very different meanings

Jan 7th

2009

Right v. left stereotypes do not work in modern politics

Dec 24th

Dec 10th

When high gas prices return, 'suck it up'

Mandate to buy health insurance an assault on freedom

Nov 26th

Exit strategy needed for costly, unnecessary war on poppies

Nov 12th

Controversy around cloth symptomatic of American problem

Oct 30th

Oct 16th

We should take a patriotic view of those bikini-clad baristas

Oct 2nd

Great men don't always get the recognition they deserve

Government interference blocks free market in health care

Sep 17th

Debate over health care reform rages over different beliefs

Sep 3rd