One commentary at a time, Musings of a Patriot, offers piercing insights into the workings of government in Liberia. From the 1997 elections that gave rebel leader Charles Taylor state power to his eventual arrest and detention; from Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's dogged stances as a prominent opposition politician to her governance style as Africa's first elected female president, nothing is spared in these incisive commentaries. Questions about power and privilege, Liberia's anachronistic symbols of division, identity politics, and the fight against public sector corruption, are raised and discussed.