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Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God The debate over creation and evolution: 1 of 94
The debate over creation and evolution has been going on for more than 2,000 years. Creationists have held sway for most of that time. Indeed, it wasn't always good for one's health to have a different viewpoint. Evolutionists, hiding in the closet for centuries, suddenly got a boost in the mid 19th century with the work of C... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Family: 1 of 44
In a sparsely furnished room, five children sat on benches at a rough table. Unaware their parents were accompanied, they didn't look up but kept talking. A bowl and spoon had been put in front of each child. Other crockery and a handful of treasured oddments adorned an open cupboard and some shelving and a mantelpiece. Next ... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Methods How far should you push your children to succeed?: 5 of 168
The dream of every parent is for their children to be successful. But will children naturally strive to succeed and how much should we push them or help them along? There have been plenty of well documented cases of parents pushing their children too far. At the same time, many parents give no encouragement to their children,... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Historical fiction: 2 of 55
Nobody had told Albert about a court case. He was bundled into a cart with several other prisoners before he could say anything. The lid was bolted down. He had never been to Lancaster before, though he knew it was somewhere up north and a long way. As the cart left the gaol and bounced along the road, he saw in the gloom one... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Common grammar mistakes and how to fix them: 1 of 27
Grammar is all about words and their arrangement. It is about rules relating to these things so that we can communicate in such a way that we can understand each other, and not act in a way that was never intended by the other party, be it a family member, a work colleague, or a friend. In the workplace, for example, poor gra... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance The most important things to know about economics: 1 of 23
Economics is about the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. The concept of scarcity is perhaps the most important thing to know about economics. If all resources and means of production were infinite or abundant, we'd have all the goods and services we could ever want and we wouldn't need to study e... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Is the Bible trustworthy?: 7 of 160
In my view, the Bible is one of the least trustworthy (purportedly) non-fiction works ever written. Let's look at the background of the New Testament first. No original manuscripts remain and we are unsure who wrote them or when. For the gospels, there are various dates given, usually a range of dates, and often quite a wide ... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Suspense: 9 of 180
Then, one cold night Albert left his house late in the evening when most people were in bed and walked to the asylum. He had on George's coat. Under it was the sack of material, tied around him with rope. When he got to the gate, he saw that Brody had already come out of the building and was waiting for him. She unlocked the ... More..
Pets & Animals > Animal Rescue & Adoption Why all adopted pets should have a microchip: 1 of 19
Microchip implant technology as a way of identifying animals has been available since the 1980s. A microchip slightly larger than a grain of rice is implanted under a pet's skin to give it a unique identification code similar to a person's social security code, a motor vehicle's registration number, or an ISBN number of a pub... More..
Business > Marketing What is niche marketing?: 1 of 18
Niche marketing is where a certain product or service is targeted to a particular subset of a larger market. The word niche' comes from the French word nicher', meaning to make a nest'. Traditionally, niche' has been used to describe an ornamental recess in a wall, usually rounded or arched, for a statue or other decorative o... More..