It’s late Spring here, and there is new life everywhere. There are trees in our backyard that only 2 months ago had lost all their leaves, you would have sworn they were dead, and now they are covered in fresh new green growth and fruit. Animals and insects are out and about everywhere, and the [...]

The other day I saw a post on Facebook, quoting Sigmund Freud, which goes something along the lines of:
Religion belonged to the infancy of the human race; it had been a necessary stage in the transition from childhood to maturity. It had promoted ethical values which were essential to society. Now that [...]

One of the hallmarks of democracy is the ability to have free and open debate. It’s what differentiates us from many communist and autocratic societies, where having a different view to the government or ruling body can get you harrassed, imprisoned, and even killed.
But what if there were some topics that even in democratic societies [...]

Studies show that children laugh on average over 300 times per day, whereas adults only laugh on average around 20 times per day.
There’s obviously a number of reasons for this. The main ones are that children are innocent about many of the world’s “evils”, and don’t have the responsibilities that many adults are faced with, like paying a [...]