This piece is in response to the high incidence of criminal activity in Alaigbo; it says that civilization is skin deep in Alaigbo and that if left alone Igbos would behave like lawless folk; it calls for a period where Igbos are subjected to iron fisted rule of law and forced to  respect human dignity and care for one another.

This essay says that Barack Obama is the typical American politician who practices the politics of cynicism, telling the people one thing and doing another; it says that, as such, we must evaluate him as we evaluate other cynical politicians and not allow ourselves to be beguiled by what on the surface seems his well meaning political idealism. This man has disappointed those who naively believed that he is a different breed of politician.

Immigrants, that is, those living in lands other than their native lands, tend to experience loads of social and psychological problems. This essay points out some of the problems that confront African immigrants in America and suggests how they can solve those problems.

This essay says that what constitutes criminal behavior is socially defined and not self evident in nature. Animals do take from nature regardless of what human beings call property rights. In so far that criminality is in genes it is in all human beings genes but some human beings are more socially trained to respect other persons’ rights. What serves society well is seeking ways to train all persons to be pro-social in their behaviors rather than waste time talking probable racism motivated talk about who inherited more criminal genes than others.

I do my part to acquaint the Ikwerre with “realism” and leave them to do what they want to do with it. But make no mistake about it: human beings do take the consequences of their choices even when their choices are motivated by lack of realism as is the current Ikwerre emotionalism in denying their identity. Denying the truth just to get a few dollars does not mitigate the negative consequences of such unrealistic behavior.