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By EK Wills 4 Dads In perfect timing for Father’s Day, an article in the SMH inspired me to expand on the theory that father’s have their own language. If you haven’t heard already, Men Are From Mars and Women Are From Venus. What this refers to is John Gray’s premise that the fundamental issues in relationships stem from psychological differences between the sexes. Even decades after this book was first a best seller, it is still valid. If you take this a step further, it st

By E K Wills Why do so many people have such huge credit card debts? Financial gurus are always espousing the virtues of not going into debt so how is it that vast amounts are racked up on credit by people every month? Years ago, a study done by MIT researcher, Associate Professor Prelec, showed that when two sets of people were asked to bid in an auction using cash vs credit, about twice as much bidding was done by the credit card holders than those with cash. So even though

By EK Wills I recently discovered that a good friend of mine is suffering circumstances that you only expect to hear about in the news or in families in less fortunate situations. But she and her husband have respectable jobs, own their own home and have 3 children at good schools. She has not experienced physical pain but endures psychological abuse indiscriminately and is fearful in her own home. It began insidiously with her husband working long hours in a stressful job so