Each time I think Ive created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.

My definition of slavery is the deprivation of human volition, any form of relationship between two peoples which is based on the deprivation of volition of one side.

It's the place to begin, always -- to return to home, literally.

If I were sure I would pass the physicals, I would be on the next space shuttle to Mars or some other planet. I'll leave the calculations and the navigational tasks to you while I bask in your ingenuity. Find me a place in the capsule and watch me outdo Michael Jackson's moonwalk to the music of the spheres.

I am a glutton for tranquility.

Next to the commodities of corruption, and religion, however, Nigeria is the world capital of rumour mongering.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.