THE IRONY OF MEMORIAL DAY: 50 Years Ago Today, Biafra Began What Was To Be a Failed Secession. America’s Memorial Day remembers the dead Union soldiers after our civil war. The irony for immigrants from Nigeria is that this day is also the anniversary Nigeria’s civil war. Our war [...]
Posts Tagged ‘freedom’
October 21st, 2015 - 3:54 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Academic Free Speach
THE BLAZE: College Professor Writes Column Confessing Her ‘Hate’ for Republicans — University of Michigan supports her right of free speech. Communications professor Susan Douglas wrote a column titled “We Can’t All Just Get Along.” She said, “In our era of polarization, one par[...]
January 11th, 2013 - 12:31 am § in Politics
CUBA: Let my people go?
Cuba ready to implement new Migration Act THE Cuban Immigration and Foreign Travel Office (DIE) has announced that the conditions are in place for the entry into force of legal regulations related to the updating of the migration and travel policy, scheduled for January 14. The DIE emphasized that p[...]
F(r)ee Country
Kam Wing Chan, UW Professor, Department of Geography As a lifelong foreign student of English I’ve been intrigued, if at times confused, by the magical power of certain words to conceal as well as to reveal. For example, after twenty years in this free country, I have finally come to learn about[...]