Breathing Space

I began using the Internet over fifteen years ago. That was just before the Internet became highly commercialized, but even then had lots of sites and information on almost anything. I had lived all my life until then without email and without this vast information and opinion resource. Internet banking and Wikipedia belonged to the […]

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Sticks and stones can break my bones, 

but words will never harm me
Words are not mere words. They are a powerful weapon.Words can bring about peace, friendship, invention, understanding and education. That happens when words are used wisely, to build bridges and solve problems.Words can bring about war, murder, hate, riots, destruction and disinformation. That can […]

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A common myth about the holocaust is that of the Jews going peacefully to their death like lambs to the slaughter. Pictures of long lines of famished naked Jews walking to the death chambers accompanied by Nazis armed with automatic weapons seemingly support this view. But there were many cases of Jewish resistance to the […]

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Marketers of fast foods know that the most effective campaigns are those that target children. Cigarette manufacturers have long been aware that the younger the target, the greater the chance of capturing a life-long customer. Drug dealers work on the same principle. Children are vulnerable and more likely to succumb to the temptation.
Children […]

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Do you spend money without first calculating what you can afford? Is there always more month than money? Is there nothing left when you have paid a few bills? Does the fear of finances mean that you avoid checking your bank balance or finding out what you owe? Out of control finances can place you […]

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