By Farooq A. Kperogi Two events, which I shall narrate shortly, inspire guarded optimism in me that the next generation of Americans may ...

By Farooq A. Kperogi English is a notoriously aphonetic language. That is, there is often a vast disconnect between its orthography (i....

By Farooq A. Kperogi The auguries aren’t looking pretty for President Barack Obama right now. Unless something really dramatic happens bet...

In line with my tradition, which I haven’t observed in a long while, I am sharing a sample of the several comments I received on the above a...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Nigeria’s First Lady “Dame” Patience Jonathan has by now securely established well-deserved notoriety for ...

By Farooq A. Kperogi The status update of one of my Facebook friends simultaneously enchanted and piqued my curiosity. The friend was...

Farooq A. Kperogi When, in 2009, Weekly Trust reported that I won the top Ph.D. student award here at Georgia State University in Atlanta,...

By Farooq A. Kperogi This was not what I wanted to write about this week. I wanted to honor the request of a friend and faithful reader of ...