Nothing inspires confidence in the silliness of the human species than its efforts to understand the workings of others. This, at least, improves wanting...
“Politicians,” the vituperative satirist Auberon Waugh observed, “can forgive almost anything in the way of abuse; they can forgive subversion, revolution, being contradicted, exposed...
Every country has political disagreements. Mature democracies absorb them, learn from them, and move on. Nigeria, however, has developed a curious habit of turning...
South Africa’s recurring attacks on African migrants cannot be explained solely by unemployment, poverty, crime, political frustration or competition for scarce economic opportunities. Those...