Well, President Bush has invented another name for himself. On the heels of being “The Decider”, the president christened himself The Commander Guy a few days ago, when talking about why he was vetoing a war funding bill that had provisions that would force a troop withdrawal from Iraq by October of this year. The […]
University hijacked by human excretes
The country was last Friday 27 April, shocked to hear the news of human excretes on Ghana’s premier University. Three examinations Hall of the University of Ghana was “shit bombed ” by unidentified people. The places affected were James Quartey Hall, the New ‘N’ Block and the Central Cafeteria. The blackboards, floors, […]
Beckham of the baize
‘BECKHAM OF THE BAIZE’ By Steven Carpenter The tragic death of Paul Hunter at the beginning of October has devastated not only everyone involved with snooker, but it has also hit the hearts of people all round the world. Aged just 27, he has left behind him a legacy that can never […]
Watching Watching Watching
It’s not that she’s depressed. She just always seems to think of sad things, right when she knows, knows, knows she OUGHT to feel elated, stunned into happiness by all the beauty that she sees. Whether it’s a small child laughing in the park, or the way the leaves look, all colors-ever-changing-green-to-yellow-to-red-to-brown, or the way the breeze […]
Today’s Holocaust – Darfur
There are times when I go to sleep so disturbed by Darfur’s mass-murder, and so worked-up over the world’s failure to respond to it that I actually dreamt that I was Rambo tearing through Sudan, wiping out its oppressors. It felt quite nice, to say the least. I’ve become more disturbed by the situation in Darfur […]
DVD Review: ‘Traffic Signal’ a thought-provoking, eye-opener
Ever wondered what could really be happening at the traffic signals of the bustling streets of Mumbai, India? Of course we all know that other than the innumerable vehicles that goes past the lights, those traffic signals are crowded with beggars, eunuchs, prostitute, drug addicts, streetkids, vendors and the like. But what you might not […]