Loneliness is often discussed as a public health issue: can we treat it as a disease? — Do you know what it’s like to be alone? Not just to be alone but to live a lonely existence? To have no circle of friends? Not even to have one friend? Have you come home to an empty apartment or possibly being greeted by. your cat who only…

By letting go of controlling external factors, you increase confidence in yourself. — I think it’s safe to say that most people want to be happy. This craving for happiness is near universal. Some people believe happiness comes from having a stable career or a loving family or financial security. Happiness depends on what your definition of it is. Most people are disappointed…

What is inflation, why is it up and whom does it hurt? A run through common questions about the ongoing price burst. — Have you noticed the price of gas to fill your tank has risen? Or, have you noticed the price of your groceries have gone up? The price of everything has risen, have you noticed this? What is inflation you ask? The latest cause of inflation was caused by people sitting at home and rightly so…

You may be going mad — Who is that? Who’s that in your head? Are you going crazy? Are you going insane? Are you going mad? Who is this? This voice is a voice of self-criticism, self-reinforcement, self-management, and social assessment. The voice won’t go away. It’s there every night. You need to change. You need…

It must not be too hard though given it’s the lingua franca of the world — THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CAN BE tricky to learn. I would argue that speaking the English language is easy but learning to read or write in the English language is tricky. It’s easier to learn the English language given it’s all around us. If a person watches television, or listens to…

I work. I pay taxes. I follow the law. What went wrong? — HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO CHOOSE between eating or your child eating? What about choosing between paying the electric bill or paying the water bill? Have you ever had to choose between buying milk or gas for the car so you can work? If this is you, I can relate. …

Speaking English isn’t the hard part, it’s reading and writing, more so writing that’s the problem. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Editor: This is a long read so get you a cup of tea and settle into your favorite chair. Learning to speak the English language isn’t hard. If…

The English language can seem to be difficult if you’re not a native speaker and can seem difficult even if you’re a native speaker!!! — THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CAN BE difficult as some words can be misleading. Words can be misleading because some words sound alike (to, too, two) but may have different meanings. …

China’s watching China’s watching. The Ukrainian invasion is a dress rehersal for China’s invasion of Taiwan. Russia’s strategic deterrence approach was developed on a spectrum. At one end there’s Russia’s “information war” which we “witnessed” in the 2016 election. …