As the mainstream media is dominated by Western-centric news, spin, public relations and business interests, children in war zones throughout the world might well suffer another Christmas of bloodshed.
Christmas is associated with Jesus’ birth – a fulfilment of the Old Testament messianic prophecy – and is equally associated with children and family festivities.
But even Christmas cannot ensure respite from the horrific realities of war …

As the festive season approaches, with the spectre of dietary over-indulgence that is part and parcel of the Christmas period with and all its ‘trimmings’, there is greater likelihood that many more people will be tipping into obesity by the new year.
It is unhelpful that the mainstream media tends to depict the human tragedy of obesity in a broadly superficial, even judgemental, way.
We live …