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By Aldington "Junior" Murray June 13, 2025

Habeas Corpus or Hocus-pocus? U.S. Policy on Deportations

There are words in the English language which sound more negative or more dour than they actually are. One such example is the word “sanguine” which, at least to me, sounds …

Issue # 210

Habeas Corpus or Hocus-pocus? U.S. Policy on Deportations

June 13, 2025

Time for Accountability in the Public Space

June 13, 2025

Sri Lanka versus Jamaica

June 13, 2025

Welcome to the Rock

June 13, 2025

Is new Syria good for the resistance?

June 13, 2025
By Walter H. Scott QC May 28, 2021

New perspectives on post-COVID education

It is axiomatic that the novel coronavirus pandemic has up-ended teaching and learning as we know it, not only in Jamaica, but in the world. Face-to-face classes have been abandoned for …

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By James Moss-Solomon May 28, 2021

Champs, Celebration, And Societal Hypocrisy

The well-known hymn’s promise is: “The strife is o’er, the battle won; now is the victor’s triumph sung.” After a decade Jamaica College has won the Boys’ athletic championship.  Edwin Allen …

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By Alexander Scott May 28, 2021

Lambert Brown, Jungle Justice And The Failing Jamaican State

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade …

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By The Terrible Tout May 28, 2021

Two-for-one Guineas

Out of evil cometh good! The pandemic not only forced SVREL to pause the nonsensical running of the 2,000 Guineas on a Sunday, it has (temporarily?) required the running of both …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray May 28, 2021

I Don’t Understand!

Does White America, by and large, misunderstand the centuries old plight of Black America? Is what they project, in many instances, as a “misunderstanding” of the issues in that regard really …

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By The Terrible Tout May 14, 2021

Bob’s Your Uncle

The world is all agog at the international scandal brewing after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone. A post-race sample was found to contain 21 picograms of the …

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By James Moss-Solomon May 14, 2021

Towards The Summer Of 2021…

The year 2020 was a disaster for the entire world, and Jamaica is no exception. It presented challenges to all countries, big and small, rich and poor, and we have all …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray May 14, 2021

Ode To Broader Views

There is always a danger of developing a myopic view of life outside of the broader sweep of history. Avoiding its lessons and not being able to track its developmental or …

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By Alexander Scott May 14, 2021

No Such Thing As An Apolitical Central Bank

Parson christen him pickney first, a closed shop, the old boys’ club, patronage, nepotism. It is common knowledge and widely accepted that biases and prejudices exist and that people will, if …

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By Aldington "Junior" Murray May 14, 2021

It Never Occurred

Daydreaming was one of my favourite pastimes when I was a young boy. Like the fictional character Walter Mitty in James Thurber’s first short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, …

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Recent Posts

  • Habeas Corpus or Hocus-pocus? U.S. Policy on Deportations
  • 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
  • Snapshots of genocide through the eyes of the U.S. Administration
  • No respect for women
  • Doctor, I still have hopes for America – am I mad?

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