Why Do We Go to School?
If you find yourself in a country that has surpassed a certain level of sophistication, you will have gone to school. For most developed...
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Will Scott
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Dad
You were born on 1 March, 1942. If you had lived, today would have been your 81st birthday. You were William John Guillum – Scott, Jr....
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Will Scott
- Feb 27
- 3 min
Of Heroes and Villains
Race. It is a taboo in today's society to make any kind of causal distinction based on this subject matter. Until now, I have tried to...
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Will Scott
- Feb 24
- 4 min
It's Not Over Until
This past week has seen me having to make a few concessions. I may have been just over a tad ambitious to think that I could put out a...
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Will Scott
- Feb 18
- 4 min
What About Tomorrow
Do you think about tomorrow? Do you think about the world and how it would be tomorrow? How about the world in 10 years, 25 years, 50...
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Will Scott
- Feb 17
- 5 min
The Consequences of Earth Losing its Celestial Partner
It's rather difficult to look up at the night sky and not see the Moon. It is by far the most salient object circling our Earth. But,...
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Will Scott
- Feb 16
- 6 min
A Mammoth Climate Change Project
For a number of years now, we have had people like Greta Thunberg et al from around the world ringing the alarm bells on climate change....
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Will Scott
- Feb 14
- 4 min
I'm a Hopeless Romantic
One of the earliest enquiries I remember making my mother was to ask her, who will I marry one day? What will she be like? What will my...
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Will Scott
- Feb 14
- 5 min
I Won't Lie
There was a time that I identified as a liberal. It was around the time of the 1990s and Bill Clinton was in office as the 42nd President...
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Will Scott
- Feb 12
- 3 min
What is your Value?
South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) was worth US$419.02 billion in 2021. If we consider that we have a population of 61.23...
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Will Scott
- Feb 11
- 6 min
That Fateful Day
Thursday, 6th June, 1990. On this day, everything I thought my life would be – my hopes, my dreams, my plans … everything, changed. At...
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Will Scott
- Feb 10
- 3 min
I'm a Lifelong Gooner
1996 was a big year in my life. I was at university at the time, wondering where my life would go, and trying as best as I could to...
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Will Scott
- Feb 10
- 7 min
HAARP
On Monday, 6 February 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria. As of writing this piece, more than 15,000 people have...
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Will Scott
- Feb 8
- 3 min
Is There a Formula for Everything?
I love movies. Growing up, it was all about westerns. People like Clint Eastwood and John Wayne were my first heroes. There was a pattern...
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Will Scott
- Feb 7
- 3 min
I am a Lifelong Student
Since I was very young, I have been fascinated with just about everything. I love understanding the mechanics behind how things work,...
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Will Scott
- Feb 6
- 6 min
I Want to Be a Moderate
I'm a child of the 1970s and 1980s. Back then, my country was the pariah of the world for reasons it would take me decades to understand....
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Will Scott
- Feb 5
- 3 min
Little Man
Today's piece is a little different. In fact, it is actually busy writing itself. I wasn't going to put this down on the proverbial paper...
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Will Scott
- Feb 4
- 4 min
Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
How far back do you remember? As for me, my memory goes back quite a long way, even if it be in dribs and drabs. I remember what it was...
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Will Scott
- Feb 3
- 5 min
Dating Online as Someone with a Disability
February is the month of love, so I thought I would share a little about my experience regarding all things romance in the online space...
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Will Scott
- Feb 2
- 11 min
How Old is the Earth?
In the Christian tradition, the first thing you are told is that God created the earth in six days, and rested on the seventh. Before I...
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