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Regarding My ‘Reflections’…With Dr. James F. Kollie
Why Falling is Good – In Life and In Politics
Usually, we are tempted to believe – to our own peril – that when we are on our “high horse,” the many praise singers we see are indeed admirers and “loyal…
Why COVID-19 is more complicated for countries in our neck-of-the woods…
In 2014 when Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone were hit by the EVD, it was a blessing that we got the attention of the world. I remember when consultants and…
My take on Pandemic Financing in 2015
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine invited me to a panel discussion on Pandemic Financing. Now I can see that I was still young at…
Liberia’s Development Conundrum – some of the issues : With Dr. James F.…
We looked at the numbers this morning again and all we could do was laugh. We are harmonizing payroll and trying to fit within our domestic resource envelop.…
MY REFLECTIONS: Symbiotic relationship –With Dr. James F’ Kollie, Jr.
A few weeks ago I talked about “systems theory.” I was intending to pontificate that unless every part (of the system) worked together rather than in silos,…
MY REFLECTIONS: Darkest, Longest & Most Terrifying 21 days: my…
I will complete my 14-day “self isolation” on tomorrow, Monday, March 30. As I do so, I am constrained to reflect on my 21-day “quarantine” in 2014 during the…
MY REFLECTIONS: The epimological projections of COVID-19 should encourage…
On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, experts released their projections on what the expected death toll from COVID-19 will be. On the best side, they are projecting…
Reflections – the context and the beginning of my decade-long public…
Whenever you are lost and don’t know where to start from; it is always a good thing to start at the beginning. It also always good to provide context to what…
REFLECTIONS: I could have used my time differently but… With Dr. James F.…
So I could have sat and wallowed in self pity as the conspiracy for the “great takedown” was being hatched by those closest to me but I decided that won’t…
Reflections – my first meeting with the Cabinet.
On or about June 10, 2009, a few days before the official start of my portfolio as Deputy National Coordinator of the LRDC, Minister Konneh asked me to join…