One man who distinguished himself as defeating defeat is Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874-1965). Winston Churchill was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. During the darkest years of the Second World War he kept the flame of hope alive.

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Internet has come a long way since the days of Archie, Gopher and Veronica. It's here to stay. Many new words have been added to our vocabulary because of the intensity of the Internet in our lives.

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As technology explodes into our mainstream vocabulary, our children are incorporating these words into their own vocabularies. Sometimes they speak a language so different from "adult language", that they are creating their own "sub-language" for their own consumption. If you read what children or teens write in a chat forum, it would be exactly like reading kanji characters. The following cartoon depicts this point very well. Take a look.

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In today's "New World Order", the words "Peace On Earth, Good Will Toward Men..." sound a little hollow. This view is accurately expressed in the following cartoon. Take a look.

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Some cartoonists, in an effort to be original, are mixing violence with children's cartoons. Such is the case with an unfortunate cartoon depicting a boxing match between Tweety and Woodstock (see next page). At an early age, children should be exposed to positive family values. Funny cartoons and short stories are an excellent way of doing it. Characters like Tweety, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Barney, Cinderella, Casper, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and so forth, have properly been used by parents to promote positive family values for decades. Tainting them with violence is destroying the innocence of children. What do you think? Comments are welcomed and encouraged.

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Remember the story about the glass of water? It could be half full (optimistic view) or half empty (pessimistic view). It all depends on the way you look at it. The following situation shows two different points of view; what do you think?

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There was a man so small he had to smell his feet all day long. Tired of this situation, he went to a fairy who lived in a wall mirror. He asked the fairy to remedy his height problem. This is what the mirror fairy said:

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