Lord Acton was right when he said "power corrupts." But does it corrupt everyone?
Power in itself is not bad, but it is only with certain persons or groups that it leads them to abuse and corruption.
Good people with power leads to good. Evil people (...)
The international community is watching with great concern and apprehension the formation of a new government.
Governments rise and fall every day and have done so for centuries.
The fate of a new Taliban government in Afghanistan, like a ghost (...)
Terrorism has edged Covid-19 from our vernacular, at least for now. Images on our little screens of the atrocities in Kabul have revived memories of bombings, kidnappings, slaughtering, burning, and whipping leaving us shaking and quaking, all too (...)
This was a week from hell! Every which way you turned, human beings were crying, suffering, dying, from natural or man-made disasters.
An earthquake in Haiti, anti-lockdown demonstrations in Australia, shootings in Mexico, blowing mines in Columbia, (...)
They say "if you get 75 of them in a lifetime, you are a fortunate soul." Summer is what mattered, what measured your lifespan.
Summer is being young, no matter what age you are.
Summer is how you calculate your life's continuum as you toil, sweat (...)
So you still think "love is never having to say you're sorry"? This was a catchphrase in the 1970s movie Love Story based on the best-selling novel by Erich Segal. The phrase caught fire but in reality it really has no meaning.
Quite the contrary, (...)
Throughout history, any story ever written, inevitably features a villain. It is almost imperative for the dramatic effect, as the teller requires to highlight his theme.
Movies have wisely made good use of villain figures, even at the cost of (...)
This troubled world of ours, almost unrecognisable, helped us create a myriad causes for weeping.
Our lives have become so adrift in a vast, unfeeling universe we are being dehumanised, slowly but surely.
"Our life has become so mechanised and (...)
There is a river that has gently flowed for 30 million years, six times older than previously thought.
It could have been just another river, on the face of the earth, like the hundreds of thousands flowing across the globe. No one has really (...)
To say that Covid-19 has changed our lives is an understatement.
This pandemic has disrupted our lives to an unprecedented level in the last 100 years. Not since the 1920s have we experienced such drastic differences, such as those that followed the (...)
Is this a new and unfamiliar world we are stepping into? All that was once familiar, comfortable, and intimate seems to be shrouded by some strange obtrusive fog, both unsettling and unpleasant.
What is it? The pandemic mask has dimmed our view. (...)
Do you work to live or live to work?
If you hesitate, even for a moment, you need to re-asses the meaning of life. Society has instilled in us a work ethic that has resulted in a deep fear if we stop working.
Society prepares us for being useful: (...)
Had Adam obeyed his God and only ate the fruit of the Tree of Life, he would have achieved immortality. Seduced by Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, he brought trouble in the shape of death.
"Therefore he must not be allowed (...)
The mighty armies of academia have once again come together to combat the common enemy — sugar.
Having consumed plenty of the sweet stuff of late, feasting, merry-making, vacationing and celebrating, perhaps we should take notice of what they have (...)
It is hard to conceive the degree of impertinence and deception that we have been subjected to during the Covid-19 era.
We have been abused, insulted, violated, tampered with, and deceived by governments, scientists, doctors, politicians, (...)
There is still debate over the legend of the tree of knowledge.
Which is the forbidden fruit that sacked us out of the Garden of Eden? Most academicians agree that it is the fig, believed to be the oldest fruit in the world.
The pear has its (...)
It hit an unsuspecting world suddenly and mercilessly. Much like a global tsunami, it destroyed and exterminated, tortured, and tormented an innocent population, with no end in sight.
Controversy continues about is origins — the whens, hows, wheres (...)
That is what fasting does to your spirit and your system. With Ramadan here, a most welcome month among almost two billion Muslims worldwide, we fast, meditate and contemplate.
It has been known to man since the beginning of time, long before (...)
It is undeniable that humans are inherently drawn to beauty. So what if it is "skin-deep"? Do you realise that the body's largest organ is the skin?
An accident of nature, a rare occurrence or genetically inherited, there is often no rhyme or reason (...)
What better time to greet spring with music and song, joy and happiness? It is April. Not April's fool or poisson d'Avril. It is the month that commands the flowers to bloom, the trees to turn green, the clouds to disappear, the sun to shine and the (...)
Much like a pandemic, hypocrisy has grown exponentially through the multiple outlets to help it spread around the world's population.
Because it is hitting us from every angle, it may be hardly recognisable leaving no shelter for the few innocents. (...)
The order of nature is unchangeable. By next week the earth will celebrate the Spring Equinox; 21 March, one of the two times of the year when day and night are equal. The date coincides with Egypt's celebration of Mother's Day and we are all (...)
We'd better get used to it. In this world, there is no equality.
Societies can never truly be equal, no matter what they call themselves.
That "all men are created equal", a high-minded, magnanimous statement, widely repeated through history, (...)
When was the last time you jumped out of bed, feeling rested, refreshed, perked up and chirruping away “Oh what a beautiful morning”? Those days seem to be behind us, at least for now.
With the pandemic entering its second year, so many of us are (...)
We all entertain dreams of meeting prince/princess charming, falling in love, getting married and living happily ever after.
It can happen, but how often? It is the “stuff that dreams are made of”, especially during those arid pandemic days of (...)
