Time changes everything. We're in a politically turbulent age. Young leaders around the world are disrupting the old order. So, where will the political earth shake next? The answer could be – indeed, should be – Nigeria. The world's youngest leaders hail from across the globe. Nigeria and of course Africa, take a back stage as no current leader in the continent is below age of 40.Consider: Emmanuel Macron 39, became France's youngest ever President in May 2017. Volodymyr Grosysman, 39 is Ukraine's youngest ever Prime Minister elected by parliament in April 2016. Juri Ratas, 38, became Prime Minister of Estonia in November 2016. Macedonian Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev, 38, took power in January 2016. Sebastian Kurz, 31, became the world's youngest national leader when he was elected Prime Minister of Austria in October 2017. The campaign is under way to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari who is seeking re-election after three wretched years. Nigerians are angrier than ever. … [Read more...] about Omoyele Sowore: The New Force By Bayo Oluwasanmi
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6 big things the new Veterans Affairs chief will have to address
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest 6 big things the new Veterans Affairs chief will have to address David Shulkin was the third VA secretary in four years. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 51 Join the Nation's Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Donovan Slack and Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY Published 5:33 p.m. ET March 29, 2018 | Updated 6:50 p.m. ET March 29, 2018 CLOSE President Donald Trump announced he will replace his Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with Ronny Jackson, who currently is the president's physician USA TODAY CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 51 COMMENT EMAIL MORE On the front lines at the Department of Veterans Affairs — in the agency’s … [Read more...] about 6 big things the new Veterans Affairs chief will have to address
Either take out the Assad regime, or get out. Don’t make Syria the new Vietnam: A reader explains
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Either take out the Assad regime, or get out. Don't make Syria the new Vietnam: A reader explains The Syrian conflict and our involvement in it is reminiscent of the Vietnam War. A reader from Hawaii explains why we need to go all in or get out. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Nation's Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs USA TODAY Published 10:33 a.m. ET April 22, 2018 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENT EMAIL MORE Letter to the editor: President Trump needs to make up his mind about what the role of the U.S. will be in Syria. Last week’s missile strikes were a retread of the Vietnam War’s “Operation: Rolling … [Read more...] about Either take out the Assad regime, or get out. Don’t make Syria the new Vietnam: A reader explains
Artificial intelligence and the new atheism
By Jug Suraiya Elon Musk, the driving force behind Tesla, the world’s first driverless motor vehicle, is among the growing number of people who are warning us about the increasing dominance which artificial intelligence (AI), is exercising over our lives in the form of computers, robots and other devices. Musk has said that in AI we have created more than a mere Frankenstein’s monster: we have created an entity which will become an “immortal dictator” and enslave all humankind in perpetuity. Human dictators are mortal and eventually die, liberating their subjects from oppression. But AI will be a deathless dictator from whom we can never hope to free ourselves. In its various forms, AI already runs much of our daily lives. Time-controlled electronic appliances automatically turn our climate-control systems on and off, similarly programmed kitchen ranges cook our meals for us. Computers can beat grandmasters at chess, can compose poetry and music and conduct … [Read more...] about Artificial intelligence and the new atheism
I have a suggested name for the new centrist party – The Entitlement Party In Democracy (TEPID)
As the excitement about its arrival nears physically dangerous levels of intensity, time for a reader’s competition. What should the new “third party” be called? If you can think up a cool name for an approaching centrist entity poised to redeem British politics from the decline into partisanship, you’re way ahead of the masterminds behind it. Whoever they might be. At this embryonic stage, mystery shrouds almost every aspect of the venture. All we know from a Sunday newspaper exclusive, is that a) a businessman called Simon Franks, who made his fortune renting out DVDs, has raised £50m to launch it; b) the company he set up in this cause is catchily titled Project One Movement for the UK; c) Corbynphobic Labour types and a few Brexit-disgruntled Tories may be involved; and d) the machinations have been going on for a year. For now, all else is as opaque as Franks, who despite his commercial success and massive political significance has somehow evaded a … [Read more...] about I have a suggested name for the new centrist party – The Entitlement Party In Democracy (TEPID)