Whether you're a Christian or not, the national celebration of Christmas has a certain gravity to it that demands attention and invokes reflection, writes Bruce Bisset.

A return to South Africa triggers deep thoughts - can one person have two homelands?

In the wake of Nelson Mandela's death, an old friend asked his Facebook friends to say what, if anything, they did to fight apartheid.

The majority rules, or a show of hands, is a pretty common sense and clear-cut example of democracy at work.