Patriotism Redefined, By Dr. Yaw Berko
One of my favourite Bible stories appears in the book of Luke. An earnest lawyer who had tried to set up Jesus asked a question to justify himself! He asked Jesus “who is my neighbour?” Jesus thenRead More…
Month: February 2023
Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in The US, Is This Really New? By Nana Dadzie Ghansah
Besides descendants of the original Native American inhabitants of this land, there is hardly an American alive today who does not trace his or her origin to another continent. And yet throughout the Read More…
Ghana’s Healthcare System; An Obvious Tug of War, By Dr. Teddy Totimeh
There is a certain reality that one must accept as a healthcare worker in Ghana. There are certain truths to be assumed. In our environment healthcare is a poorly managed space. It’s a Wild West on Read More…
Can You Make America Whole Again? By Dr. Leonard Sowah
In the past two and a half years Americans have been subjected to a barrage of tweets, statements and policies that could only serve one purpose, divide us along racial, religious and ideological lineRead More…
Is it Really Un-African? By Dr. Nana Dadzie Ghansah
Remarks the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, made during an interview on Al-Jazeera recently on the lack of gay rights in Ghana, has set the whole country into a frenzied discussion abRead More…
Is Breakfast The Most Important Meal of The Day? Dr. Leonard Sowah
Most of us grew up with this adage burned into our brains. We have been advised to start the day with a good breakfast. Breakfast food companies like Kelloggs have used this in marketing messages for Read More…
The Color of Justice, By Dr. Nana Dadzie Ghansah
“My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.”
– Bryan Stevenson from his book “Just Mercy”
By the time tRead More…
American Plutocracy and The Myth of Trickle Down Economics, By Dr. Leonard Sowah
Anyone who has any experience with money knows that it is not subject to the laws of gravity. In reality it has a tendency to move up the economic ladder from the least financially stable to the econoRead More…
The Legacy of Slavery and its Impact on the Exercise of Freedom in the United States, By Dr. Leonard Sowah
The initial agricultural economy of the Americas was very much dependent on cheap labor. The best economic solution of the day was the use of black African and white mostly Irish indentured servants. Read More…
Happy 243rd Birthday to the USA, By Dr. Nana Dadzie Ghansah
Of the 355 Tuskegee Airmen who served as single-engine combat pilots during WW II, only 12 were alive as of the end of May this year.
One of them is Lt. Col. Harry Stewart. He flew 43 combat missions Read More…