Adam Lashinsky The so-called deplatforming of Donald Trump has provoked misguided cries of censorship and injustice. Thinking about powerful, for-profit corporations like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon as platforms is a fundamental misconception that lets the companies off the hook. These internet services are publishers and they have a right, and a duty, to exercise judgment. After years of poisoning the civic well with his unique brand of lies, insults, distortions, narcissism, and overall poor manners, Donald Trump has found himself deplatformed. My spellchecker doesn't like this word, and I don't like it either, at least in reference to the actions…

When one had thought the matter was settled, drums of war were beaten again between authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), formerly University of Ife (Great Ife) and some citizens of the historic town of Ile-Ife, regarded as not just the cradle of the Yoruba but also as the source of humanity. The bone of contention is land matters. OAU authorities are kicking that some Ife indigenes are encroaching on its land, held without any acrimony or controversy for decades. Conversely, the “grabbers” are contesting the claims of the OAU to all of the land in question. The usually taciturn…