How do you stay resilient in hard times? Come the moment come the man
By Being Hard
MAGA’s War on Diversity Ends in a Democratic Revolt: America Refuses to Go Backwards by Lawson Akhigbe
There is a particular irony in political movements that spend so much time trying to turn the clock backwards. They eventually discover that history has a rather inconvenient habit of moving forward
The Land Use Act of 1978: Nigeria’s Greatest Living Fossil (Still Signing Things from Beyond the Grave) by Lawson Akhigbe
In 1978, while the rest of the world was busy inventing the Walkman and wondering whether disco would ever die, Nigeria’s military government decided the country needed a single, elegant solution to centuries of messy land tenure. The result was the Land Use Act (originally a Decree, later upgraded to Act status and then welded into the Constitution like a particularly stubborn bolt). Nearly half a century later, it remains the legal equivalent of a 1978 Mercedes that still runs, but only if you keep pouring money into the carburettor and never ask why the ghost of the original owner keeps appearing on the title documents
The Unwelcoming States of America By Robert Guest
I’ve reported from more than 100 countries, so when I say America is unique, I’m not basing that assessment on nothing. It is—by far—the place that the largest number of people want to move to. That has always been its greatest strength. If lots of fertile land and natural resources were what mattered most, Russia would be a paradise
Your Gut, The Lord’s Whisper
What’s a time you ignored your gut — and paid for it? I always listen to my Lord, he does not speak like a celestial voice from the clouds but you as man and God, speaks to yourself through your gut and I always listen to my Lord through my guts.
