An age in which nothing can be forgiven Friday, November 20, 2009

I've just become aware of a book which discusses one of the curses of our age: our inability, because of the Internet, to prevent people from reading things written about us which are not true. The book is entitled “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age”. It is by a man called Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and is published by Princet ... Read more

Budget 2010: Hard to beat ‘ecomini’ Friday, November 20, 2009

I listened to finance minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor's budget presentation – mostly with rapt attention. There were a few occasions when I felt myself dozing off, especially at those stages when he drifted into calling out numbers that meant nothing to me. All those numbers make my head swirl to the point of delirious dizziness. Blame it on poor edu ... Read more

Kwame, My Brother, I am Sorry, But …. Thursday, November 19, 2009

I have read your reaction to my write-up on Kwesi Pratt should be the last person to pontificate on national affairs and I must confess I feel sorry for 'hitting you below the belt' by including your name among those I referred to as hypocrites. You are indeed like a brother to me and I am sorry for my choice of words and expressions to describe yo ... Read more

Handling Own Children - Does The Law Prescribe Limits? Thursday, November 19, 2009

The social vicissitudes of modern-day life is simply unimaginable. Where they involve children, they have become a headache for families and child rights activists. Clearly, ours is a generation that has outstepped its bounds as far as concern and care for children are concerned. Child injustices of all dimensions keep rearing their head in our ... Read more

The new miracle cure for injuries? Thursday, November 19, 2009

Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie has flown to Serbia for a novel form of treatment - placenta fluid is to be dripped on his injured ankle. Why is he doing this and will it work? It is not unusual for sports starts to look for super cures for their injuries. England footballer Wayne Rooney used an oxygen tent prior to the 2006 World Cup to hel ... Read more

Has Wisdom Evaded the "Book-Long" NPP? Thursday, November 19, 2009

The NPP are self-destructing through bickering, backstabbing, and what may be a vivid display of political immaturity. This internal wrangling, bizarre as it is, is in anticipation of securing the flagbearership of the party for the leader of one faction or the other. Certain individual's uncompromising stance to wrestling the presidential candidac ... Read more

Chiluba’s Trial and Lessons for the NDC Thursday, November 19, 2009

A few days ago, I was wandering from one website to the other to quench my thirst for news, especially those that have to do with my dear continent – Africa. News here is all about the NDC and NPP but if you go beyond the borders of Ghana, you are likely to find so many wonders of the world. There was this story on the BBC's website captioned, “ ... Read more

The Death of Mr Essuman, a Wake-up Call for All Pro-NDC Media Thursday, November 19, 2009

Friends ...time to boycott NDC The time has come full cycle that Pro-NDC media has to reconsider their unflinching support for the party. They will be better off playing a neutral role than to waste their time on a party that has little regard for the media. Most of their media friends were over the moon that they played a major role in the vic ... Read more

THE VOICE OF REASON: The National Ticking Bomb: Teenage Alcoholism. Thursday, November 19, 2009

“Alcohol, alcohol, everywhere. Let's go have a drink”. This is a wake- up call ! Do you know what kind of liquor or alcohol your teenager drinks? What is the legal alcohol drinking age in Ghana anyway? If you don't know then I have some news for you. Yes, our teenagers are drinking any thing that they can get their hands on, but who is watc ... Read more

MILJÖDISORDER AS WAR DISORDER Wednesday, November 18, 2009

[B]§ 1. Introduction[/B] War, as a disorder shall one day receive its treatments. And it shall come to pass that one day people with war disorders will travel to certain hospitals at home and abroad to receive treatments from their different disorders that compel them to engage in war disturbances and other minor conflicts. Professional psychiatri ... Read more

Waiting for disaster to strike Wednesday, November 18, 2009

On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Accra residents watched in hopeless awe as the 10-storey Ministry of Foreign Affairs building was in flames. It brought back sad memories of the events of September 11, 2001, during which the twin towers of the World Trade Centre (WTC) in New York came down under the impact of two aircraft which crashed into them. ... Read more

Defamation, free speech, and the press Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Freedom of speech and expression including freedom of the press and other media are among the general fundamental freedoms enshrined in the constitution of Ghana. The fruit of this constitutional provision is seen in the proliferation of media houses across the country and the attendant participation of all and sundry in the articulation of view ... Read more