Chudi Okoye

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A Journey to Agnostic Theism: Seeking God Amid Confusing Evidence

Chudi Okoye - December 4, 2024

God isn’t a phantom, nor can He be fully fathomed. By Chudi Okoye If you ask Richard Swinburne, the British philosopher who has devoted his career to pondering the divine, he would say—with scarcely a pause—that it is far more probable...

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A Persistent Question for Humans: Why is There ‘Something’ Rather Than ‘Nothing’?

Chudi Okoye - November 30, 2024

A philosophical meditation on existence. By Chudi Okoye The question of why our universe (and possibly other universes) came into existence, specifically why there is something rather than nothing, has preoccupied theologians, philosophers, scientists, and even lay people like me for...

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And Americans Went Out to Vote, Vexed, and Flexed for Historic Change

Chudi Okoye - November 10, 2024

Donald Trump's impending return to the U.S. presidency promises potentially profound conservative reversals in domestic and foreign policy. However, the inexorable logic of history suggests a progressive trajectory in the long run. By Chudi Okoye In March 1933, after a...

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British-Nigerian Hardliner Wins Tory Leadership with Peculiar Political ‘Kemistry’

Chudi Okoye - November 5, 2024

Kemi Badenoch’s rapid rise in British politics is impressive and a thing of pride for her ancestral country. But her pugilistic political personae, beloved by her party’s hard right, may limit her national appeal and likely circumscribe her political...

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US Democracy is Toast if Even the Post Offers ‘Anticipatory Obedience’ to Donald Trump

Chudi Okoye - October 30, 2024

There are ominous portents for American democracy, with potential global ripples, in US media owners’ veto of their newspapers’ presidential endorsements, for fear of political repercussions. By Chudi Okoye He is a billionaire two hundred times over, exalted even among the...

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Israel Leaves No Turn Unstoned in Furious Fight for ‘Manifest Destiny’

Chudi Okoye - October 26, 2024

The quest for 'Greater Israel' continues, from ancient Canaanite battles to modern Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, rooted in biblical and historical claims. By Chudi Okoye In a willful suspension of belief, most in the West like to wring their hands and pretend...

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Hamas Leader, Sinwar, is Dead: Now the Dread of Israel’s Tread to a ‘Final Solution’

Chudi Okoye - October 20, 2024

The fortuitous killing of Yahya Sinwar, de facto leader of Hamas who master-minded the horrific 7 Oct. 2023 attack on Israel, while celebrated by Israelis and others hoping for a halt in the Hamas-Israeli war, may not dim the...

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FOSAD Decries Anti-Igbo Narratives in Don’s Inaugural Lecture

Chudi Okoye - September 7, 2024

The Forum of Southeast Academic Doctors (FOSAD) has expressed its dismay at the content of the 50th Inaugural Lecture, titled "The Igbo Factor in the History of Intergroup Relations and Commerce in Kano: Opportunities and Challenges Revisited," recently delivered...

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Nigeria: Hunger Protest, Potential Realignments, and the 2027 Presidential Election

Chudi Okoye - August 14, 2024

The activists who planned the recent #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria could not have expected its political fallouts, including the potential to trigger realignments in the 2027 presidential election. By Chudi Okoye Even before the recent #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria had commenced,...

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If Kamala Cracks the Glass Ceiling, Can It Be ‘Obi-literated’ In Nigeria?

Chudi Okoye - August 10, 2024

History beckons in Nigeria, if Kamala Harris can smash the power ceiling in the US. By Chudi Okoye They are both trying to break a glass ceiling in their respective countries: she, a gender barrier; he, an ethnic one. They...

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