Monday, October 5, 2026
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Letters to the Editor

International acclaim for Shangox

To the editor,

A note of appreciation for Rita Smith and the Taxi News for providing the outstanding series of writings by Shangox.

Over the course of my life’s journey I challenged myself by studying many of the greatest authors on life and business. Covey, Collins and Frankl to name a few.

Former Taxi driver, current Truck driver I. Ras Gad Shangox has contributed to Taxi News over many years; however, his current series “Words and Human Consciousness” is generating much attention and positive feedback.

Each of these great writers and thinkers genuinely impacted me by offering a perspective I had not previously considered, to see things in a new way, or by challenging me to think in a way I had never done before.

Shangox has a similar way of bringing to mind a fresh or forgotten perspective that almost “forces” you to see things in a new light. He challenges you to think deeply about matters you may have considered beyond your ability to impact. His thinking is profound and simple at the same time. He offers an everyman’s lifetime of experience and wisdom distilled into understandable and actionable writing.

 On “Confidence,” he challenges you to believe that you are enough… to act despite the doubt, and he helps you see that it is your decision to make it so. On “Competition,” he lays bare the conviction that the competition is with yourself, rather than those around you. Are you competing rather than creating?

Shangox makes you think. Brilliant, understandable, challenging and enjoyable.

I look forward to future offerings.

Bob Halso

An admirer from Michigan