“A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.’’ Mahatma Gandhi on Jesus. This is how Gandhi the Hindu, understood the death of Jesus. How do you, the Christian understand the crucifixion? Dr. Nii Amu Darko — File …

In 1635, a young Prince was made king of the Ga people of Ghana. His father, King Manpɔng Okai was assassinated in 1610. He was then too young to ascend the throne, so his mother, an Obutu Princess Dode Akaibi became the regent. She was also assassinated in 1635, and Okaikoi was made the substantive King. Okaikoi was not only …

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” — Matthew 5:13. I understand the EC is being taken to the Supreme Court today. Isn’t this the 8th election in the 4th Republic? Are …

Many believe money is crucial to defeat the Siamese twins and save Ghana. I do not think so. Not at all. To rescue the perishing, three things are inescapable: 1. Time or patience – tsuishitoo ji kunimyeli. Patience is victory or conceptually, patience begets victory. Nyame mmre ni yɛ mmre pa. God’s time is the best. Yesterday, a classmate in …

Fakefa (fa-kɛ-fa) in Ga or Fanefa in Twi means half-and-half or 50-50. Fakefa is the political permutation that we need not only to solve our present political quagmire but to prevent the eventual collapse of the political union called Ghana. This is the new book from my stable coming to your neighborhood bookshop. A quagmire created by a constitution: 1. …

Data never dies. A good researcher or analyst updates and upgrades the relevance of data. That is what I do, that makes me sound ‘’prophetic’’ to some of you. To update and upgrade data, you must have form grip on the initial data. Below is what I wrote in Part 1: ‘My mood and swing method establishes antecedent data and …

Albert Einstein said, “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” Recently, I made some predictions on a radio programme about the upcoming general elections. Obviously, I cannot force anyone to accept my predictions, but the interesting thing is …

We have heard stories of engineers who are also writers, lawyers who are fashion designers, and the stories get interesting with one fine medical doctor from Ghana’s capital city of Accra who has been releasing hit reggae, soul, and Afropop songs back to back — Dr. Nii Lante Okunka Blankson is his name — this DocSician, if there is a …

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When  either a man or woman [a]consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to  the LORD,3 he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made  from wine nor vinegar made …

“Education is what remains after forgetting what you learned in school.” Einstein. I put it this way, ‘’school prepares you to be able to educate yourself for life.’’ Education never ends.  We learn so much in school that a philosophy that makes consumption of data in the classroom as the  most important thing and therefore whatever does not affect it …