Blog - Juwon Ogungbe

Beyond utility

Compliance is drilled into young minds to provide options for utility purposes. Others are brought up to pull the strings. They visualise ways and means of using rank and file folks. Is this the issue that lies at the heart of Conservative attitudes regarding race and...

Spring present

The joys of Spring are usually gratefully received, but there are exceptions, sometimes. Pollen hanging in the air looks for places to settle. In some cases, this brings budding, sprouting and blossoming flora. Another scenario produces aching eyeballs, hoarseness...

Latest model

The latest trend might not be for everyone. Style evolves out of reflection, self knowledge and acceptance. Can anyone be all things to all people? It is helpful, even so, to be aware of the direction the wind is blowing in. Is there any alternative to this, if one is...

Healing thoughts

The antics of a spoilt man-child are enough to generate waves of ill will and invidious thoughts within communities across the world. Scabs were picked at and fresh wounds opened up. A sequence of events followed that could be described as an overreaction. In moments...

False equivalence

Is it true or false that democratic practice has produced hitherto unexpected outcomes in various parts of the world? Some of us look at the polities of Western European nations and the USA, expecting other nation’s electorates who are still taking baby steps on...

Reset button

Some folks refer to a ‘button’, thinking of conclusions, endings or closure. Others might think of an icon, symbol or part of a piece of equipment that is used to activate or stop things. Today, the image is evocative of going back to square one, to...

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