I ran into Samuel Inkoom the other day at the airport in Kumasi, you know the Black Stars full back.  What a featherweight he is!  It was hard to believe how bravely this child (never mind that he’s married and has a child himself!) matched the strapping brawns of Nigerians Yakubu and Shittu who, I suspect, were assembled by God to tackle Maoris with 22-inch necks in Rugby scrums.

When President Mills’ term began in January, I told Sedem, my young, smart and really hard-working researcher that the national discourse for half the year would be dominated by Cars. Sedem had been working in banking previously and had only covered his first election in 2008. I wish I had been wrong. I think this jostling over cars by our politicians is, frankly, pathetic. 

One of my favourite authors is Ambrose Bierce.  He was a friend and rival of Mark Twain.  He appeared, as in born, in June 1942 and disappeared, as in disappeared, in 1913

Nana, please let it go. There’s no point in contesting Tain. You will not win. And even if you were to win, your margin of victory will not be the twenty-three or so thousand that now separate you and Mills.

I’ve heard many people say that Ghana should follow the example of the Asian countries where their governments picked a number of companies in selected strategic industries and actively supported them as growth poles to lift their economies.