Category: Opinion
Pat Robertson, God and the Devil
Televangelist Pat Robertson’s demented claim that Haiti’s disastrous earthquake was the result of a pact the Haitian slaves signed with the devil to win their freedom has Continue reading
Jamaica Canada Trade – The Missed Chances
Many writers have excused Jamaica’s poor economic performance by blaming or ascribing it to the global melt down. While I will admit that that occurrence Continue reading
Collaboration Versus Conflict
The sugar plantation was undoubtedly the dominant economic and social phenomena of colonial Jamaica and the Jamaican society that emerged out of slavery was very Continue reading
Gov’t on Collision Course with the People
It was surprising to many how Jamaicans responded to the tax measures announced by the Government in the April supplementary budget. Even the Government had Continue reading
Jamaica – Blood and Fury Part 2
In the days that race towards us we should endeavour to teach ancestral words of wisdom. We shall need teachers to accomplish this task. But Continue reading
Jamaica – Blood and Fury Part 1
There is an island of rolling hills and blue-green mountains, nourished by swirling rivers that empty into a yawning sea. Those burnt-faced, olive-skinned people who Continue reading
In the Space of 48 Hours
In the space of 48 hours, within the last month, Hardley Lewin and Derick Latibeaudiere were relieved of their duties as Police Commissioner and Governor Continue reading
Justice in a Framework of Injustice?
The issue of human rights and peace is being highlighted now more than ever. This is so because the world is in turmoil and peace Continue reading
A History of Bamboozle in Latin America and the Caribbean
When Christopher Columbus landed on the shores of the Caribbean in 1492 along with his motley crew of swashbuckling predatory hustlers, thereafter began an unprecedented Continue reading
An Age of Inanity, Ignorance
As someone who tries to follow and keep up, as best I can, with events in Jamaica and here in the US, I have come Continue reading