Posts in category Musings

The world isn’t made of things. It’s not made of objects… The notion that big things are made of little things, quantum theory doesn’t describe the world that way. Big …

Do you want to know why many countries remain poor despite efforts to improve their economies? British Economic Historian Professor Niall Ferguson (Harvard University) in 2012 gave four “Reith Lectures” …

“I was taken around and shown things as a ‘useful idiot‘… that’s what my role was. I can’t understand why I was so gullible.” — Doris Lessing, British writer and …

I recently sent a letter to the Zambia Daily Mail in which I commented on two articles concerning abortion (links at the end). The author (Emelda Mwitwa) was soliciting views from the …

I think that most women in failed relationships overplay the victim card with endless sob stories about how their husband / boyfriend is cheating or beating them. The ugly naked …

The unfortunate and very sad shooting of twenty innocent kids and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has produced a flurry of activity to “do something”. …

The passionate debate surrounding the Lionel Messi Versus Godfrey Chitalu goal-scoring record in a calendar year has been the rage the last few days among Soccer lovers the world over. …

In my ongoing research into the real facts behind the hot-button Barotseland Agreement (BA) issue here in Zambia, I recently went back to the Think Tank debate archives that our company …

When you place a frog in hot water, it jumps out. But put it in cold water and slowly increase the temperature and you shall be able to boil it …

The current obsession with Television is unhealthy. Walk into the living room of almost any home and you are guaranteed to find a TV on from morning until the last …