The need to move the Nigerian Air Force from the position of dilapidated aircraft, to a state of combat readiness was the main focus of Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Paul Dike as he tours the force’s formation in Lagos, South West Nigeria recently. The visit however, became a mini-celebration for families of […]
What’s a blood diamond’s worth ?
Watching Blood Diamond makes the heart beat fast, fills the eyes with sadness, anger and hope, and pushes brain’s activity to the max. One thousand questions come in and out, the most reccurent one being: what’s a blood diamond’s worth ? The first scene of Edward Zwick’s Blood Diamond is crystal clear : the massacres […]
POSTMODERN LITERATURE:
BECKETT AND MORGAN – TWO PERSPECTIVES ON POSTMODERNISM It may be that some rough beast will slouch again toward Bethlehem. It may be that some natural cataclysm, or extraterrestrial intelligence will shock the Earth into some sane planetary awareness of its destiny. I have no prophecy in me, only some slight […]
An Epidemic
Public awareness for the cataclysmic problems in schools skyrocketed on April 20, 1999. Imagine if you will… or try not to, it might be better for your soul… just a typical high school girl sitting at her desk between classes, talking to friends, enjoying the few free moments she has to not think about homework, […]
Israel, take a break
Last week a gaggle of awkward political bed fellows turned up for the Kadima party’s first annual conference. With no clear manifesto on domestic issues, and no consensus on how to handle the countries many security quandaries, Kadima is symptomatic of the national disorientation that is prevalent in Israel today. Israel‘s political ‘big bang’ saw […]