If you want to understand whether a state is responsive to its people, don’t start with speeches, manifestos, or glossy policy documents. Start with a road. In Nigeria, take the Onitsha–Benin–Lagos highway. It will tell you everything. This is not just any road. It is a commercial artery—arguably one of the most economically significant corridors …
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Tweet That's not fair, it's much more racist than you're imagining. After a gunman unsuccessfully attempted to bust into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett decided what the situation called for was a post on social media comparing the shooter to Barack Obama. Or, more accurately, Obama’s hypothetical …
History is often less a teacher than a recurring joke told with increasing seriousness, especially to rulers who are convinced they have already understood the punchline. Xerxes, King of Persia, stands as one of its earliest protagonists. From his elevated throne above the Hellespont, he watched a vast armada and infantry host that seemed to …
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