Adam Lashinsky The so-called deplatforming of Donald Trump has provoked misguided cries of censorship and injustice. Thinking about powerful, for-profit corporations like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon as platforms is a fundamental misconception that lets the companies off the hook. These internet services are publishers and they have a right, and a duty, to exercise judgment. After years of poisoning the civic well with his unique brand of lies, insults, distortions, narcissism, and overall poor manners, Donald Trump has found himself deplatformed. My spellchecker doesn't like this word, and I don't like it either, at least in reference to the actions…

When one had thought the matter was settled, drums of war were beaten again between authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), formerly University of Ife (Great Ife) and some citizens of the historic town of Ile-Ife, regarded as not just the cradle of the Yoruba but also as the source of humanity. The bone of contention is land matters. OAU authorities are kicking that some Ife indigenes are encroaching on its land, held without any acrimony or controversy for decades. Conversely, the “grabbers” are contesting the claims of the OAU to all of the land in question. The usually taciturn…

The subject of reincarnation is a topic that requires a voluminous book. Even then, no one can write enough on the subject to convince anyone without personal experience. In view of this, whether reincarnation is true or false is one question we mustn't allow anyone to answer for us. To allow someone to say to us that reincarnation is real or is false is being slothful. At best, we can only believe but there is a big gulf between belief and knowledge. This is for the fact that man doesn't truly know by believing or being told. For a man…

Have you been wondering why ordinary folks seem to be less affected by Covid-19? Whenever my drivers, house helps and security come back from their leave at home, I always asked them the state of things in their villages. Up till today in the last one year, none has come back with any news of deaths or serious illnesses requiring hospitalisation in their homes or surroundings. I visited Sabo Market in Sagamu (Ogun State) and the tomato market at toll gate in Ogere (Ogun State). I questioned many traders if any stall or store owners have been missing, or did…