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“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “to speak of many things...” and it’s a great time now to speak of the ungrateful, graceless nature, of the younger generation, and their facile respect...

If we ever needed a definition of a two-edged sword, it would surely be social media, an online platform we can use to communicate, and share information with others, to stay ‘connected’ with...

Professor Damon Salesa, Vice-Chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology, said what many think within the educational community, last year, in identifying a previously unseen consequence of...

One feels the time has finally come, for the silent majority to speak out, and reclaim their histories, their cultures, their traditions, and indeed, their futures, from the woke pestilence that has...

I was recently asked whether Ramadhan is as relevant today as it has always been for the Islamic faith. I answered that ‘as the faith is still strong, I guess the answer lies in its purpose,’ and...

We all learn early in life of the lion as the king of the jungle, the elephant as the colossus, the giraffe as the tallest, the hippopotamus as an ungainly creature that loves the water, the crocodile...

Just think about the ‘useless things you’ve learned, like cursive, or joined-up writing for instance. I went to the experts, and asked some contemporary educators what were their most pointless...

Not since Joan of Arc has a young woman proven so divisive. Greta Thunberg is the darling of the media, and the protest culture, but like gold, is she really all that glitters?The daughter of Swedish...

We all need to laugh! Sometimes at ourselves, sometimes at others. Watching a film, television, or a sports event, most of us, in that moment feel the child we once were, or show the child we once...

Apparently many kids in our classrooms today feel they need to be perfect, and that making mistakes is just the first crack in a wall of invincibility, and that’s why so many of them demonstrate...

In the beginning... back in the day... long ago... and far, far, far away... Mammoths, bears, and wolves ruled a frozen Earth, and man, the original hunter gatherer, kept himself warm by killing them...

The Wild West cowboy movie had no character more richly endowed with the ‘gift of the gab’ than the ubiquitous snake oil salesman, a purveyor of wisdom, philosophy, and an elixir to remedy all...

Generation Z, I believe, is the most combative, aggressive, impatient, of all generations, their inflexibility and ability to escalate even the most simple debates, the hallmark of their time. I want...

Recent changes in the employment and workplace structures across several of the Sultanate of Oman’s leading private sector employers, have almost certainly ushered in a wholesale revision of...

Flying... it should be fun, shouldn’t it? But I must say, security considerations apart, it’s often an exercise in frustration. Although considering I travel frequently to faraway New Zealand, I...

So, here we are again, and this New Year, I’m going to focus on some of the ‘good stuff,’ instead of my traditional ‘ragging,’ because we need so much more of that. I think we are still in...

Birkat Al Mouz, Nizwa, Muscat, As Sifah, Jebel Akdhar, Wadi Mayh, Sur, Ras Al Hadd, Ras Al Jinz, Al Asala... Lena and I are rediscovering Oman, and loving it!As the world ‘gets smaller,’ thanks to...

Is the sentiment of ‘peace and goodwill to all,’ an appropriate sentiment just now? Given the time of the year we hear it more often, but really... nothing seems to change does it? Is it really a...

We sleep for between a quarter and a third of our lives, that being somewhere between the equivalent of six and nine thousand days, or put another way, fifteen to twenty five years of our lives....

We sleep for between a quarter and a third of our lives, that being somewhere between the equivalent of six and nine thousand days, or put another way, fifteen to twenty five years of our lives....