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By Aldington "Junior" Murray July 4, 2025

The Russian roulette of travelling out of and into the USA

The term Russian roulette is the practice of loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then pulling the trigger while pointing the gun at one’s …

Issue # 211

The Russian roulette of travelling out of and into the USA

July 4, 2025

To prevent athletes from switching allegiance

July 4, 2025

Our education system is in serious crisis

July 4, 2025

Eye movements and reading

July 4, 2025
By Wendell Clarke July 4, 2025

To prevent athletes from switching allegiance

Jamaicans are enamoured with sports. Be it football, cricket, or netball, on any given day you will find Jamaicans engaging in these activities, even sports which you would think that we …

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By Carl Bliss July 4, 2025

Our education system is in serious crisis

For as long as we have had an education system in Jamaica, we have never, as a society, been able to adequately prepare our people for good and responsible citizenship. This …

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By Dr. Alis Headlam July 4, 2025

Eye movements and reading

Current reading practices operate on the belief that the eyes play a pivotal role in picking up information that is essential for reading. So central is this belief that whole programmes …

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By Joan Williams June 13, 2025

Sri Lanka versus Jamaica

Thanks to Professor Damith Wickramanayake (Computer Science UTech, Jamaica) and his wife, Sharlene, I just spent a delightful, entertaining, and educational three weeks in Sri Lanka. Like Jamaica, Sri Lanka is …

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By Dr. Alis Headlam June 13, 2025

Welcome to the Rock

Emergency! No planes can land in the United States. There’s been a terrible accident!! Or something?? All planes coming from Europe and the East diverted to a small island in the …

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By Wendell Clarke June 13, 2025

Is new Syria good for the resistance?

The fall of the Assad Government in Syria was quick. In a matter of days, an army which was at a stalemate with its enemy was routed. We saw columns of …

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By Carl Bliss May 30, 2025

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) must be allowed to work

Public transportation is far too important to be treated flippantly. I hear one politician suggesting that we should scrap it and let the private sector run it.  Where was he when …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray May 30, 2025

Snapshots of genocide through the eyes of the U.S. Administration

“When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard, The cries, too, fall like rain in summer” — Bertolt Brecht, Selected …

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By Wendell Clarke May 30, 2025

No respect for women

Violence against women is, unfortunately, nothing new in this country. On any given day we will witness catcalling turning into verbal abuse, hear a man cuss out a woman dog rotten, …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray May 30, 2025

Doctor, I still have hopes for America – am I mad?

“Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.”— Don Quixote, Cervantes I have lived within the continental United States for several decades now. …

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Recent Posts

  • The Russian roulette of travelling out of and into the USA
  • To prevent athletes from switching allegiance
  • Our education system is in serious crisis
  • Eye movements and reading
  • Time for Accountability in the Public Space
  • Sri Lanka versus Jamaica
  • Welcome to the Rock
  • Is new Syria good for the resistance?
  • Another Country
  • Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) must be allowed to work

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