Road-rage in the traffic jungle: I have a cunning plan
One of the great sins of the modern era surely is road rage. I haven’t gone beyond venial sin territory...
Chris Moerdyk
Eerie army of children brought hardened soldiers to their knees
IT started out as a bright and sunny day in the early 1960s, on the Congolese shore of what was...
What if God needed planning permission to make the world?
Many years ago when I was in what was then called Standard 5; when schoolchildren were pupils, not learners; when...
Dad’s son was a completely pompous idiot
Sometimes the most memorable and profound moments in your life are those that you would willingly give up all your...
When the cardinal climbed on a camel…
One of the most astute and witty Catholic journalists must be Archbishop John Foley. He rose through the ranks from...
Here am I, in Owen’s shoes. Will you travel with me?
When the editor of The Southern Cross asked me if I would take over the weekly back-page column from the...
The value of teamwork
Remember that old joke about business partners? Fellow on the phone says: “Sorry, my partner can’t come to the phone,...
An end to TV porn and swearing?
There are encouraging signs that South Africans are not only growing increasingly weary of the deluge of profanity, bad language...
Ban Christmas? Why not?
Let us assume for a moment that in the spirit of the Vatican’s policy of engaging with other religions, we...
