Democracy, like a roller coaster, is thrilling — until you realize the engineer fell asleep at the controls. The forthcoming U.S. midterm election offers Americans one of those rare moments when they can collectively pull the emergency brake before the ride goes off the rails.For the past few years, the United States has been sprinting …
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What do you complain about the most? It is often easy to brush off bad service, but if you are looking to improve service, perhaps do it for the benefit of others and with the hope of making things better for everyone.
Apple did not invent the smartphone. Nor the personal computer. Not even the graphical user interface. What Apple perfected was something far more consequential: the art of taking what already existed, stripping it of unnecessary clutter, polishing the edges, and presenting it as inevitable. The result was not innovation ex nihilo, but execution with confidence. …
The global financial crisis of 2008 was a seismic event that shattered economies and shook political establishments. In the UK, it created a profound moment of ideological vulnerability. For the incoming Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition of 2010, led by David Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne, the crisis was not merely a disaster to be managed; …
Nigeria did not wake up one morning and become a country where bandits negotiate with governors. This is not an accident. It is a sequel. The first instalment was Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini. The current season features Bello Turji Kachalla. The difference is not in criminal audacity, but in state embarrassment. Anini embarrassed the Nigerian state. …
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