The soil sandy and unresponsive to cultivation. Fruits and vegetables are grown in microscopic quantities at the government farms (one on each island) and the rest imported from the mainland. The only way to reach the Laccadives is by the two is by the two ships of the Shipping Corporation of India. The lager one, […]
Kent Lucas Reveals Big Profits in Small-Town USA
A Harvard egghead stumbles through the countryside and finds a diamond in my field! I’m a little upset. I’m the guy who spends all my time in small-town USA, and Kent Lucas, Taipan’s resident Harvard brainiac, recently pointed out to me an opportunity right under my nose. I hate it when that happens. I’ve spent […]
What’s Really in a Higher Education?
In recent months, the internet has been riddled with ads imploring women to go back to school to learn something or another. It seems there are dozens of colleges available, all at a ridiculously hefty price, that will "teach" you something or another to make your time more valuable to…someone, I suppose. There’s any number […]
The Shame in Ghana politics
If you think that politics is serving one’s nation the better start revising your notes. After the fall of the NPP, some of us have had the shock to see how some ex officials are trying to loot the state to enrich themselves. It all started with the saga of the ex-gratia which is yet […]
Are Women Toys?
Is there a monumental difference between an ambitious female who wants to achieve her dreams from the ambitious man who strives to do the same – or – is it that women are oppressed into cutting down their emotional wants; trained to be heartless; numb and obedient, something like machines created to cook. Are females […]
Social Media Puts You in Charge of the (R)evolution
So I’ve been writing mini-rants, posting snarky comments and sending pointed tweets about the new media landscape for a while, and I decided to flesh out my thoughts more cohesively. The future of information. What should it be? We’ve already started down the road toward what will be a much more rigorous, wild, free flow […]