There is something about the Chinese. They understand contracts. It is something about their culture. They are long-term thinkers. You underestimate them at your own peril. When the British took Hong Kong, they signed a contract with them. At the time of the lease in 1898, 99 years looked like a long time. The British…
Hear this. James Carville is married to Mary Matalin. James is a Democratic strategist. Mary is a Republican strategist. They go on television. They do their job. One bashes the Democrats. The other badgers the Republicans. They come back home, he does the trash. She cooks. They both clean up. They sleep in the same…
In the summer of 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa. He had always had vaulting ambitions to expand Germany Eastwards to gain living space for his self declared “superior” race—the Germans. What was he thinking? Any soldier with a modicum of training in military school will tell you that was a mistake. It marked the beginning…
That’s right. Doctors and other healthcare professionals earn premium pay in the United States. The reason is because you can be sure to also get the best treatment available anywhere in the world. The last figures available had estimates of over $240 Billion for medical research in 2020 alone. Many families struggle with the cost…
HONOLULU (AP) — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, has died. He was 88. Amos created the Famous Amos cookie empire and eventually lost ownership of the company — as well as the rights to use…
Those of us in the business of writing have been screaming from the rooftops for the government to protect farming communities with force. This is a national security issue. Food insecurity is national insecurity. Pairing this with duty waivers on massive food importation should resolve the high prices situation in the country in the short…
All efforts to stabilize the Naira against the dollar may not work as Nigeria has few tools to deploy at the moment. Over the next few weeks, Egogonewshub will be interviewing foremost economists on steps that we can take as a nation to give strength to the Naira and restore our national pride. For the…
Edo Votes on September 21st. With less than 40 days to go, the major political parties in Edo State are jostling for the votes of the people. Akpakomiza has extended free transportation which has been active in Esan land for the past year to Edo South. PDP on the other hand has been running free…
One does not need an oracle to tell us what we need to do to solve the economic crisis in Nigeria. Things are falling apart. The Nigerian economy is starving for funds. It does not make sense when we have Crude Oil in the ground. We cannot meet our OPEC quota of 2.5 million barrels…
It has worked in the past. It may work again. In 1968, as Vietnam was about to be settled by the Lyndon Johnson Administration, Nixon’s people approached the Vietnamese urging them not to accept a ceasefire deal but to wait for a better deal under his administration. They fell for it. Nixon won and Vietnam…
