Jul 12 2008
It was at the bottom of winter Yet, I sweated. It was at the bottom of winter Yet, I sweated. Marathon race, I ran In search of a perfect angle, Tens of vowels, I bought To reinforce my tongue, Mount Everest, I climbed Before I was visible to you. Our...
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Jul 11 2008
I used to be an energy correspondent of a newspaper in Nigeria’s business capital, Lagos. In that role, I covered the oil industry in Nigeria. As the country with the 10th largest reserve in the world and 5th oil supplier to the United States, you...
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Jul 10 2008
In what he thought was a private moment during an interview break with “Fox & Friends” on Sunday, Rev. Jesse Jackson remarked to another guest that he would like to grab Barack Obama’s nuts for talking down on black people. Rev. Jackson...
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Jul 9 2008
“What’s up with you and Kim,” she asked, sounding concerned. My first thought was to answer the question with a question. I tried to avoid it but I couldn’t. “Which Kim?” I asked, pretending not to know the Kim in question just to buy...
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Jul 8 2008
“All great truths begin as blasphemies.” – George Bernard Shaw in Annajanska. It was as big as calling Mother Teresa by her real name. Or for a blasphemy that has teeth – it was as troubling as mentioning the name of Prophet Muhammad without...
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Jul 7 2008
Did Supermodel Christie Brinkley choice of husband in Peter Cook better than Whitney Houston choice of Bobby Brown? Did Cynthia Rodriguez choice of husband in Alex Rodriguez better than Madonna choice of Guy Ritchie? What is the range of husbands...
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Jul 4 2008
Last weekend, while loitering along the coast of Georgia, admiring the dense forests and bright blue sky, I came across a cove that led me to the town called GB, Great Beyond. There I met grey-haired Thomas Jefferson, the man who drafted the U.S....
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Jul 3 2008
This is why America is great – it throws money at both the genius and the ignoramus. For those who understand America, the philosophy is quite simple – there is money to be thrown away. It is a lot of money. It will go to those who have a lot of...
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Jul 3 2008
Politics, the representative kind, has some similarities with marriage. As the saying goes, when you marry someone you are essentially marrying three people at once- the person you think you are marrying, the person he or she really is, and the...
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Jul 2 2008
I just returned for the South. Even though I began my journey in America in the South, each time I return, I am reminded that the South is a different country. They may have the Walmarts, the CVS and the Dunkin Donut, but still, it is a different...
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