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I am a masters graduate, business consultant, public speaker, toastmaster, counselor, father or two boys, husband of one wife, businessman and author.

My first book, Dead Reckoning, draws from a navigational concept by which an observer can predict where someone

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Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?: 2 of 15

A famous story was told of a wash up of thousands of starfish. A young boy was throwing as many as he could back into the sea. A man told him he was wasting his time, "how will that help, there are thousands of them?" But the boy just picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, saying: "helped that one". Rejection ...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Saying more than "because I said so" when children challenge parents: 2 of 15

The most significant rule in a healthy family relates to respect for authority. When I was in the army I tried to get familiar with a sergeant. He had been friendly to us earlier so it seemed okay to joke with him. He quickly put me in my place, because I was embarrassing him and taking liberties. There is an instinct within...
Arts & Humanities > The World Wars D-Day history: 1 of 6

The 18 inch guns of the monitor Roberts, boomed across the grey sea with echoing replies from the pill boxes lining the bluffs above the beaches. Pinpricks of light cut through the smoke and mist where German guns fired down on the beaches. The landing craft edged away from the relative safety of their mother ships, encourag...
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God What is your understanding of God?: 17 of 77

There is a difference between understanding and knowing about God. In fact I don't like the term "understanding", because I don't think we will ever (not even in eternity), understand so complex a life as that of our creator. He operates in so many dimensions, has lived for eternity, sees into all the future, is able to be g...
Travel > Italy Destinations Traveling to Italy: 2 of 6

Our most exciting moment of travel through Italy was in Rome. We came via the Autostrade in a camper van, but on this occasion my wife wanted to drive into the city. Though she is a very good driver, she unfortunately took a wrong off-ramp off the highway, straight into an intersection that had about eight lanes going North ...
Computers & Technology > Internet Security & Safety (Other) Should Internet community sites allow complete freedom of speech or should content be regulated for inappropriate material?: 11 of 32

I argue for a qualified "yes" to Internet freedom and my reasons are simply that I am of the view that freedom brings legitimacy. Notwithstanding any rights to freedom of expression, I believe that government interference of human expression has generally been shown to be repressive and subjective. Thus, despite all the real...
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Understanding why some people become atheist: 10 of 28

I am intrigued by strong views of atheism expressed by people I meet in Internet forums. As a writer I seek to understand things, an instinct that led me to seek after and find God, so here I am seeking to understand a debate that opposes God. Of course I respect right of choice, so does God, so I am not about to disabuse an...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Methods Should parents use corporal punishment to discipline children?: 16 of 43

Children go through development phases and discipline should be adapted to each stage to be effective. THE FIRST STAGE IS INSTRUCTIVE . They have no internalized value system, the parent does and the challenge is to instruct them. At that age they are soft and warm and really a small, sharp, reasonable smack will not hurt th...
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Should one's faith influence a citizen's vote?: 75 of 192

The idea of not voting according to your faith is tantamount to voting without conscience, which is a morally irresponsible act that diminishes the fundamental virtues of democracy. Faith is the foundation of most world views. That is why James, presumably the brother of Jesus and leader of the first church of Jerusalem, a v...
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Achieving confidence and self esteem: 19 of 24

Imagine advertising, circa 1000years BC. You are not a man unless you use "Ismellyerpits unique cobra venom underarm spray". Keeps everything away, mosquitoes, lions, slave-masters. But women love it, because it's so manly. Yet for far less we allow ourselves to be convinced by adverts suggesting we may be less than what God...