The first essay anybody writes is for school. Same here. But the only examples I remember are the ones I wrote at the end, in my A-level exams. One compared Hitler to Stalin. Another, Martin Luther ...

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It is a continuation of an old Nigerian story where the cost of speech is measured not in the weight of ideas but in the wrath it attracts. It was in 1988, and the military government of Ibrahim ...

We honor the life of a true legend, Nick Lambros, whose roles spanned athlete, coach, friend, husband, father, brother, uncle ...

At dawn on March 27, 2024, I stood frozen in the shower, grasping a handrail, awash in a sudden psychic tidal wave of Hold On, Something Significant Is About To Happen. In a few hours, I was going to ...

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In this video you will see the continuation of the construction of my mini-settlement in the middle of the deep forest. I started building a new wooden house for my settlement, completely by myself, ...

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. Every time I publish a new essay, I go through the same ritual. I download a Word document of the final draft and upload it to ...