Feudalism

Political cartoon, circa 1890. (Bettmann via Getty Images) My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, John F. Kennedy once griped, but I never believed it until now! The young president recalled this pearl of wisdom in 1962, when the…

The Senate trial of President Donald John Trump gets underway in earnest Tuesday, and the occasion calls for some reflections appropriate to the majesty of the occasion. Perhaps a meditation on American exceptionalism. Whoa, there, why the sour face? Arent y…

As it happens, the question of whether to evict Trump from office, with its apparently foreordained answer, finds both sides in a sullen, recriminatory mood, hardly a triumphal one. No one is feeling especially special. Partisans on either side of the Trump …

The internet is all around us -- in our phones, our homes, our cars, and even our toaster ovens for some reason. Problem is, the adoption of this ubiquitous connectivity has far outpaced our efforts to secure those systems against unlawful intrusion, giving b…

Here is what strikes me as a profound political paradox. The US government is larger, more consolidated, more powerful, and more intrusive than it has ever been in its history —indeed our sweet land of liberty is now host to the most powerful leviathan state that has ever existed. Never…

By Godini G. Darah Sesan Dipeolu Librarian Sesan Dipeolu whose  funeral will take place this January, was an eminent nationalist, socialist humanist and revolutionary Awoist.  On the University campus in Ife he was distinguished by the grace of his gentle s…

Here is what strikes me as a profound political paradox. The US government is larger, more consolidated, more powerful, and more intrusive than it has ever been in its history indeed our sweet land of liberty is now host to the most powerful leviathan state t…

Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature and the states bureaucracy claim to be addressing the states much discussed housing crisis. But rather than improve the states awful affordability crisis, the policies being enacted are precisely the wrong medicine, more aki…

David Pilling, Africa Editor of the Financial Times, sent a text to me last November. The newspaper was doing a special report on Nigeria, and he wanted to speak with me about the infrastructure crisis in Lagos. "Has Lagos stopped working?" he asked. We spoke the next day, and I…

By Olu Fasan DAVID Pilling, Africa Editor of the Financial Times, sent a text to me last November. The newspaper was doing a special report on Nigeria, and he wanted to speak with me about the infrastructure crisis in Lagos. Has Lagos stopped working? he ask…