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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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,...

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

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...

Clash of Class and Ethnicity in Regional Responses to the Hardship Protest in Nigeria

The ongoing hardship protest in Nigeria may be squelched by strident rebuke and heavy-handed coercion, but there’s a deeper dynamic in it that bodes ill for the country. By Chudi Okoye After weeks of it being whispered and days of its...

Will America Reach Higher and Hire Harris, or Slump into a Dump with Trump the Grump?

Donald Trump and wingnuts in his Republican Party are lobbing racist and misogynistic attacks at the Democratic Party’s new presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris. Will it prove a winning tactic for them? By Chudi Okoye With recent events in...

Biden’s Re-election Bid Was Scuttled in 2024. Shouldn’t Tinubu’s be in 2027?

At 81, President Joe Biden, who is just over 2x the median age of Americans, was forced to abandon his re-election bid on account of dotage. At over 72 years of official age, Bola Tinubu is 4x the median...

Jesus Chose Saul of Tarsus; Trump Chose Vance of Ohio

What St. Paul had been to Jesus, JD Vance could be to Donald Trump: a linchpin to transform Trumpism into a governing ideology transcending even Trump’s presidency. By Chudi Okoye He went from childhood poverty and abuse, having a thrice-married mother...

Trump Shooting Shames America, After Showpiece Elections in Europe

The blight of political violence, seen again in the alleged attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life, is a peculiar stain on America, which is arguably the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. By Chudi Okoye The crowd was screaming “USA! USA! USA!,”...
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A Persistent Question for Humans: Why is There ‘Something’ Rather Than ‘Nothing’?

A philosophical meditation on existence. By Chudi Okoye The question of why our universe (and possibly other universes) came into existence,...
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And Americans Went Out to Vote, Vexed, and Flexed for Historic Change

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...

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

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...

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

There are ominous portents for American democracy, with potential global ripples, in US media owners’ veto of their newspapers’ presidential endorsements, for fear of...

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

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...