Materialism is the opiate of the masses...

I don’ t think Karl Marx had it right. While religion may have been an opiate in the 20th Century (keeping people anesthetized to the need for radical action) I think that materialism seems to be a more effective drug in the 21st century. I just returned from a round-the-world trip which took just 12 flights and 40 days. I spent much time discussing what it takes to transform...

On the way to work...

One of my lasting memories from a recent trip was a dead body lying between the lanes of traffic. “Isn’t that a dead body?” I asked. The driver just shrugged. The next thing I saw was a minivan full of commuters singing and clapping. I asked myself, ‘Didn’t they see the dead man?’ Funny how one’s eye can get used to things in one’s own...

Why didn’t they put that in the mo...

I am now officially NOT a fan of the movie, Invictus! I admit that, apart from the appalling rugby scenes and the absence of humorous banter (which I know to be common among South Africans), I did enjoy the movie. Then I read the book! This morning I sat in bed in a Lagos hotel and finished the chapter where the SA rugby team learned to sing the new national anthem (which the author...