Terrorism

Or, how I finally got my CD past the FBI and the EPA Yesterday was a red-letter day for me. Literally. When my wife went to check the mail, she came back smiling and waving an envelope. It bore the insignia of the Library of Congress. Inside was a letter…

Back in Anambra, the insecurity fomented by IPOB and other rogue elements loosely referred to as unknown gunmen has normalised kidnapping and ransom payments as the business of the day. Citizens of the state pay ransom running into millions of naira without batting an eyelid — they too have grown…

Rest in peace to the victims of the Buffalo massacre. What is going on? We already know. — Today I want to talk for as long as this goes naturally, about the Buffalo terrorist attacks. This really bothered me in a way that addled me more than the others, and with random mass shootings or executions of Black people, there is a lot to feel already. I’ve read…

A reflection five years on — Five years on and the world is no better. On this day in 2017 a man whose name does not deserve to be remembered carried a bomb into a concert full of laughing, dancing, happy children and families. He gazed around Manchester Arena, seeing joyful faces, carrying death. He detonated…

I imagine at least some Republicans don’t like being called the party of white nationalists and domestic terrorists. If that’s the case, they should probably stop acting like they are. This week the House of Representatives, in the wake of the Buffalo mass shooting in which 10 people were killed…