by Stuart | 23 Sep 2015 | Blog
In 1978, BBC Radio 4 aired a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams, which was later adapted into several other formats and became an international multimedia phenomenon. The series, called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, follows the adventures...
by Stuart | 10 Sep 2015 | Blog
Late last night I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed and came across an article shared by a friend titled “Samson: A Strong Man Made Weak.” The article is a blog post by John MacArthur in Grace to You’s “Profiles of Godliness” series, which is an online...
by Stuart | 9 Sep 2015 | Blog
The New York Times recently published an article by Mark Leibovich titled “Larry King is Preparing for the Final Cancellation.” The article focuses on the fact that the aging talk show host, at 81, is fixated on the subject of death and dying. He religiously reads the...
by Stuart | 6 Aug 2015 | Blog
Unless you have been living in a state of self-imposed isolation, you are no doubt aware of the big news: On 1 July, just outside Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, an American dentist killed a lion. Cecil, Hwange National Park’s most famous lion, was one of (initially)...
by Stuart | 23 Jul 2015 | Blog
Back in April this year, an Internet evangelist recorded a conversation with a Florida-based baker, in which he asked her to bake a cake displaying the words, “We do not support gay marriage.” The baker refused to do so and quickly hung up. The evangelist then posted...
by Stuart | 20 Apr 2015 | Blog
For the past few years, South Africa has been in the grip of periodic load shedding. The national power grid, for various reasons, has come under severe pressure, and in order to curtail the possibility of a catastrophic national blackout, Eskom, the country’s...
