Economic Potential Of Preserving And Incentivizing Our Musical Legacy – Part 4
This week I continue to share thoughts on the 58 albums by the greats who have contributed to the development of our music. 45. Tease Me – Chaka Demus & Pliers …
Another Country
I was 14 in 1961 when my family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, from the United States for a one-year Fulbright appointment that my dad received. He was offered a position to …
Receding From Terror
What was hidden from the wise and prudent, now revealed to the babes and sucklings – No Baptism by The Ethiopians. Jamaica is finally showing signs of recession from terror. The …
A Message To The PNP Hierarchy: Put Up Your Swords And Give Mark A Chance
November 7, 2020 was a day like no other for Jamaica and the USA. It was the day on which delegates of the People’s National Party (PNP) headed to the polls …
Democracy
“In a pure democracy a pure majority can easily terrorize the rest of the country.” That quote is from a document explaining why the founding fathers of the United States of …
Beyond January 20, 2021
“The strife is o’er the battle won; the victory of life is done; Alleluia.” And so it seems for the elections in the United States and so far there have been …
Economic Potential of Preserving and Incentivizing Our Musical legacy – Part 3
In this issue I continue the list of 58 albums which are the works of pioneers in our rich musical history. 51. Where There is Life – Luciano – 1995 – …
One hundred Derbies (no Dalmations)
Tomorrow is a big deal in local horse racing as Caymanas Park hosts Jamaica Derby’s 100th running. One more and we could make a movie. The first Derby, run at Knutsford …
Thank God for Dayton Campbell! No Jestering!
Somewhere around the beginning of my teenage years my mother put up a sign over the door. A sign you could never miss if you were leaving the house. With sparkling …
Heavy Rains Highlight The Treadmill Of Corruption
The recent heavy rains across the island have exposed our dirty underwear or at least our dirty infrastructure in so many ways. The practices over the decades have been corrupted by …
A Revisit To Spanish Town Beginning At Ferry – “To see the commonly unseen”
Spanish Town was laid out by Christopher Diego, the son of Europe’s first official tourist to Jamaica, Christopher Columbus and was Jamaica’s capital from 1534- 1872. We begin our journey at Ferry which was part of a …