Category Archives: News

Nelson Mandela Dies - Goodbye Madiba!

This morning we awake to hear the news that the world has lost a truly great leader and a wonderful human being. Nelson Mandela has died in Johannesburg at the age of 95. He… Read more »

Abide With Me

Fergie has finally retired and David Moyes has been appointed as his successor at Manchester United. Before I comment on David, I should say that I think Sir Alex has… Read more »

Angel Alice Gains Her Wings

It was with great sadness that I recently read of the passing of Alice Pyne, the 17 year old English girl with terminal cancer who attracted media attention when she… Read more »

The End of the World at 11:11 am Today!

About 5 hours left before the end of the world (at the time of writing)! Here we are, at the end of the 13th Baktun, and according to some, the… Read more »

Shootings in America - Take This Sick Facebook Page Down!

Let me begin by saying that I hesitated to make this post because I do not wish to give publicity to something that certainly does not warrant it. However, on… Read more »

Farewell Zig!

Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton Ziglar) died of pneumonia on November 28. A sad loss to the personal development industry, Zig will be fondly remembered by us all for many things,… Read more »

The Least Transparent President in History?

The above video is President Obama’s humorous response to an allegation made by Donald Trump, some time ago, that he probably had not been born in the USA. When I… Read more »

Feel Free to Insult Me!

Before I begin this article properly, I want to warn my regular readers that they may find some of the following language offensive. However, I feel this is an important… Read more »

On 15 April 1989, at Hillsborough Stadium, the home ground of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death following crowd management errors made by the police…. Read more »