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The Importance of Violent Sports?
It was third down and 18 yards. The running back was pulled out. Everyone in the stadium including my dog watching the game on TV at home knew it was an obvious pass play. The ball was snapped. The receivers … read more
What Makes Marriages & Families Endure?
Ten thousand miles away in a remote village in Lundazi rural district of Zambia in a grass-roofed house, the cell phone rang a couple of times. The distinct voice of my younger brother said: “Here is Adada.” I said hello … read more
BC Football in action
Photos of the Bridgewater Football team will be posted here as the season progresses. Check back for additional photo albums after home games! Photo by Mwizenge Tembo, read more
The October Heat is Sweet
We have all watched those exciting colorful documentaries on TV of the Cheetah chasing the swift Thompson Gazelle at high speeds of 65 mph or 104 Km Per hour zigzagging through the Savannah plains in a cloud of dust. Once … read more
Zambians in Ancient Egypt
We Zambians Created Ancient Egypt Have you read an article that instantly so profoundly changes your life that you realize you are no longer the same person you were minutes or half an hour before? I will never forget the … read more
Review: Intelligence and Schooling
The Significance of Schooling and Cross-cultural Differences in Intelligence As modern influences penetrate all remote corners of the world, the contemporary universal view is that if you introduce formal schooling to any group of rural people, they will learn to … read more
Pain and Suffering
A third of the way into the movie, the sniffles among the audience turned into sporadic moaning and weeping. The relentless blows that Jesus endured en route to his crucifixion made me flinch. Perhaps the first pragmatic lesson about watching … read more
Do You Love to Walk?
I love to walk. I yearn to walk. I would like to walk to the store, to work, to the Post Office, and grocery store especially in the summer in North America. But I can’t because the places where I … read more
The Demands of Being Christian
The Powerful Demands of being a Christian in Our Lives These ideas have been inspired by my life-long human struggle and contemplation of goodness and evil, human suffering and triumph, appreciation of both beauty and ugliness. Growing up as a … read more
Zumbwe Wild Cat and Human Greed
Why is it that Martha Stewart, Bill Gates, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey and other rich moguls want more billions upon billions of dollars? Why is it that we consume more and more oil polluting the environment, gorge ourselves on too … read more
So Many Ways to Express Romantic Love
My Entrancing: So Many Ways to Express Romantic Love My entrancing, Your letter was truly splendid. Your phantasmagoric interpretation of our panomic culture was most enlightening. Your symbology provoked me to regard your conceptual lucidity and articulation when concretizing the … read more
Memories of a Lover
Kamthibi and Trish were in Williamsburg that memorable weekend of the Fall in October. They parked their red convertible car on the lovely Winery Grounds surrounded by acres of grape plants. Holding hands, they excitedly floated into the Italian festival … read more