Economic Self-Interest
Caveat. Your columnist is not a trained economist. There are significant numbers of the private sector in Jamaica, of which your columnist is a member, who have complained of a shortage …
Economic Self-Interest
Caveat. Your columnist is not a trained economist. There are significant numbers of the private sector in Jamaica, of which your columnist is a member, who have complained of a shortage …
Need For Compassion And Emotional Learning Education In Jamaica
In a world grappling with inflated social complexities, the importance of compassion and emotional learning (CEL) has never been more evident. CEL, a formal PEP, CSEC and CAPE process of acquiring …
More Attacks On The Rights Of Workers
Over the past 15 years, capitalism has taken a severe beating. The subprime crash in 2008 destroyed the idea of Apolitical money, saw interest rates fall to their lowest levels ever, …
Tone Deaf American Paternalism And The Plight Of People Of Color
Life can be complicated. It often is. Between the sharp contrasts of black and white there is often a dim area of grey. There will always be things which can be …
Opposition To Everything
So, finally, after decades of lobbying, a Government has recognized the counter-productive nature of GCT imposed on the importation of race horses. So, naturally, the Opposition began intense politicking because everyone …
Jamaican Political Apartheid Through The Eyes Of My Friend, Horatio
“These six things doth the LORD hate: Yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, …
AI And Luddites: Stirring Up More Things In Earthquake-Shaken Jamaica
In the lush paradise of Jamaica, where the sun kisses the turquoise sea and reggae beats drift through the air, a tiff of epic proportions erupted between my dear friend and …
The Rights of Workers Must Be Protected
Unions serve a noble and beneficial purpose. This may irritate some readers who view unions as simply slush funds for those in power — a view which is not wholly incorrect …
Building Our House On Sinking Sand
And so it is written in Matthew 7:24-27 that “everyone then who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house …
Macroeconomic Benefits, Micro Pains
Jamaica finds itself in a strange position. On the macro-economic end things seem to be going well: the national debt is slowly being whittled down, unemployment is at record lows, our …