Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Medical malpractice?

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Last week Gilbert Sesinyi wrote a response to a letter I wrote. I had objected to his idea that doctors and medicine were the source of ou...
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A reply from Gilbert Sesinyi in the Botswana Guardian " Doctors do as they’re taught ". Rest assured a response has been submitted...
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Friday, January 12, 2007

Be wary of doctors?

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I read with surprise and some degree of outrage the column by Gilbert Sesinyi last week in the Botswana Guardian. His piece entitled “ Be ...
Saturday, December 09, 2006

Xenophobia - Botswana Guardian

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I’ve been thinking about xenophobia. We can’t avoid it these days, it’s one of those fashionable words that suddenly become the in thing. ...
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Friday, October 27, 2006

Religious punchups

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I’ve been experiencing a mixture of amusement and sadness following the recent arguments in the Botswana Guardian between Muslim and Christi...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Detox your brain - Botswana Guardian

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I’ve now twice seen a simultaneously hilarious and depressing bit of nonsense on DSTV, along, probably, with the rest of southern Africa . ...
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Friday, July 28, 2006

Your future is behind you - Botswana Guardian

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I’m converted. Despite being a confirmed sceptic in the past I’ve now discovered something that has changed my mind about all that new age...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

The experiment - Botswana Guardian

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I’ve been a bad boy. I recently conducted an experiment. Not a conventional, scientific experiment, but a rather eccentric one. One that...
Friday, May 19, 2006

Crooks in the pulpit - Botswana Guardian

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On the 25th January this year the Daily News reported that Ogomoditse Matsila, the Acting Director of the Department of Civil and National R...
Sunday, April 09, 2006

Scientologists - Letter to Sunday Standard 9/9/2006

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Outsa Mokone The Editor The Sunday Standard P/Bag 351 Gaborone Botswana 9 th April 2006 Dear Mr Mokone I was very...
Friday, April 07, 2006

Sceptical about... Alternative Health

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Everywhere we look there are offers of so-called alternative or complementary health products and services. There are homeopathic remedies...
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Sceptical about... Blood types and diet

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I read a report in the Daily News recently of the proceedings at a “food security” conference held recently. Apparently the big issue were...
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Friday, February 24, 2006

Sceptical about... common sense

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Sometimes, in my less than tolerant and easy-going moments (Yes, I DO have them occasionally) I'm astounded by the lack of simple common...
Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Sceptical about... Scepticism

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What actually is a sceptic? The Oxford English Dictionary defines a sceptic as “a person inclined to doubt accepted opinions”. You could...
Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Sceptical about... Qualifications

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I am a fully ordained Minister of Religion. I can conduct weddings, funerals, christenings and baptisms. I can bless relationships, busi...
Sunday, January 01, 2006

My sources and inspirations

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Much of the information I use in these postings is gleaned from a variety of excellent sources. Much credit must therefore go the authors o...
Saturday, December 10, 2005

A little healthy scepticism

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In some circles being described as a sceptic is an insult but I’m proud to be one. I’m proud to be seen as someone who questions what I’m ...
Monday, November 14, 2005

Is “Best Practice” a new form of Colonialism?

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Wherever you go in business these days you see references to “best practice”. You read it in proposals and reports from the big consulting...