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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Donald Trump (Pt. 2)

This two-part essay explores the potential course of President Donald Trump’s second term. Based on Trump’s antecedents and moves he has made two months into his current tenure, the essay anticipates an increasingly illiberal, Bonapartist shift that...

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Donald Trump (Pt. 1)

Two months into his second term, President Donald Trump has unleashed a frenetic wave of policies, rapidly remaking America in his image. This essay argues that he seeks a fundamental, illiberal shift towards personalized power, echoing Bonapartist...

Have the NASA Voyager Probes Got Close to or Flown Past Heaven?

(I originally wrote and circulated this piece on social media in August 2023. It has been refreshed in light of recent NASA mission updates.) By Chudi Okoye I have been scratching...

Trapped Between the Carpetbaggers and Imperial Conquistadors

As Ukraine fights for survival in the face of Russian aggression, its leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, must navigate not just the perils of war but also the treacheries of geopolitics—where some allies seem as unreliable as adversaries are...

A Toast to IBB at Book Launch

A Toast to IBB at Book LaunchBy Chudi Okoye (Second draft: Feb 21, 2025)What an event they made of it!Grand, gilded, and glitteringA blistering reminder of their mighty gainsAnd glistering provenance of our biting pains.

The Risen and the Chosen

The Risen and the ChosenBy Chudi Okoye(First draft: Jan 13, 2025)The tone of the Tanakh tells it allAs do the texts of its varied scrollsThat many had in fact been createdBut the Jews were the truly...

In the Historic Contest of Early Christianities, Did Gnosticism Lose Unjustly?

To grow and consolidate, the early Christian Church vehemently suppressed any deviations from proto-orthodox theology, with Gnosticism a prime target. Despite centuries of imposed obscurity, however, Gnostic thought still resonates and, if nurtured, may yet find fertile...

African Spirituality and the Peculiar Promise of Quantum Entanglement

The final installment in a trilogy on existence, God, and religion, this essay examines the prospects for reviving African spirituality—long overshadowed on the continent by Christianity and Islam—through the embrace of quantum entanglement. By Chudi Okoye It is a truly exquisite...

A Journey to Agnostic Theism: Seeking God Amid Confusing Evidence

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...

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, specifically why there is something rather than nothing, has preoccupied theologians, philosophers, scientists, and even lay people like me for...
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Beginning and Becoming

Beginning and Becoming By Chudi Okoye I. Primordial ChaosLong before that...
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The Compelling, Yet Complicated Calculus of a Jonathan Run in 2027

As speculation swirls over his potential return, Goodluck Jonathan must weigh the promise of redemption against the peril of forfeiting the very...

The New Apostles’ Creed

The New Apostles’ Creed(A Declaration for the Age of Reason) By Chudi Okoye We believe in...

After 2015, Nigerian Democracy Faces a Tough ‘Two-Turnover Test’ in 2027

Nigerian democracy has achieved its first transfer of power. Under current conditions, is a second possible? By Chudi Okoye

ADC Has a Chance, But Needs Savvy Strategy to Succeed in 2027

To prevail against APC’s entrenched machinery, the ADC coalition must address internal discord and any structural weaknesses, and go beyond a basic...