"High school is just college for virgins." – Booth Tarkington Did you see the cloud shaped like gold bullion over Allaben last Wednesday? My friends are listening to the Prog-ballet band Swimming In Threes. A Letter Dear Sparrow: The biggest obstacle to human progress is the phrase "No Problem." People wear it on T-shirts, and […]
60 Goals, Pele suspended
DANIEL AFORO Currently, all eyes are on the Senior National Team of Ghana, the Black Stars after the wonderful performance at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. They were the only African team that went to the round 16 stage at the tournament. Their recent international friendliest have proved critics […]
YOUNG BOXERS DEALT CRUEL BLOW
One of the country’s finest university boxing clubs has found its reputation and future in the balance after a series of incidents has left them out in the cold. Coventry University Boxing Club, which was formed six years ago, has been dealt several cruel blows over the past year which has left […]
Today’s Holocaust – Darfur
There are times when I go to sleep so disturbed by Darfur’s mass-murder, and so worked-up over the world’s failure to respond to it that I actually dreamt that I was Rambo tearing through Sudan, wiping out its oppressors. It felt quite nice, to say the least. I’ve become more disturbed by the situation in Darfur […]
A nose for a good story?
I was told a story once in Prague about WWII. I am not sure if it is true. Reinhard Heydrich was a loyal Nazi and loved the music of Richard Wagner. On 27th September 1941, Heydrich was appointed acting Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia. He commandeered as his headquarters the Rudolphinium, Prague’s centre of […]
Steve Jobs 2, Record Industry 0
Steve Jobs is a clever fellow. I know you, you probably know it, and he’s said that he knows it. Once in a while, he drops a bomb on all of us, and we are made to bask in his glow for as long as our cynicism allows (you know, before we start taking innovations […]