In 1726 Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels gave us a brilliant satire of the folly of research divorced from common sense, practicality, and reality. When Gulliver visits the Grand Academy of Lagado, he finds “Projectors” busy with […]
Amid the hyperbole devoted to the partial government shutdown, Americans have heard the soap opera details of behind-the-scenes jockeying and Twitter smack-downs while being told how dire things are as a result. In fact, with […]
What did Jesus have to say to support the welfare state? During his ministry, Jesus spoke many times of the poor. He talked about the last judgment when he would commend those who help others, especially […]
Over the years, Americans’ power to make their own decisions has been increasingly displaced by governments. That trend has been justified in part by the desire to control what government views as vice (including an […]
Depending of whom I have spoken to since the beginning of the end of Menzgold, I’ve either believed strongly that it was a deliberate diabolic scheme to dupe unsuspecting (or in the words of the […]
There is no doubt that in the leadership and decision-making terrain, Africa is making significant strides. Change is visible, with many examples to show that. In 2017, as part of his pledge to institute gender […]
Twenty years ago, I met a remarkable young man who was intelligent, knowledgeable, confident, eloquent and very humble. This young man is Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah. He became one of the few Ghanaian politicians I have […]
Nana Akufo-Addo, Ghana’s President, rode to election victory on a wave of slogans that promised rapid industrialisation and a massive growth in jobs. But two years on, how much, if any progress on these pledges […]
Model Naomi Campbell walks the runway at the Fashion For Relief 2018 event during the 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 13, 2018. She is just one of the many celebrities […]
LET’S not blame Mahatma Gandhi for the removal of his own statue from a university campus in Ghana following protests from students and faculty alike. True, the hero of Indian nationalism held racial ideas about […]
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