A Very Personal Horseracing Journey
Believe it or not (By Ripley) this is my 100th Public Opinion column. What better way to celebrate than to re-tell Part I of a story last told almost 20 years …
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 …
Western Hypocrisy And The Ukraine War
The Russian war in Ukraine is illegal, of that there can be no doubt. There was no UN Security Council mandate, no resolution brought to the toothless General Assembly to even …
2024
The famous novel 1984, written by George Orwell, was first published in 1948. The book presents his dystopian vision of the future. The story follows the life of Winston Smith, a …
Bullhead Mountain, Dead Center Of The Island
Isn’t it fascinating that dead center of the beautiful island of Jamaica stands a mountain range from which you can get a fantastic view of sections of the parishes of Clarendon, St. Ann, St. …
Does Horseracing Have A Future?
Now that the United Racehorse Trainers Association’s internal squabbles appear settled, there’s a sudden surge of public interest in the future of horseracing. Unfortunately, this appears to be fixated on a …
You Reap What You Sow
As I write this, the Russian armed forces are engaged in military operations in Ukraine to defend the Luhansk PR and Donbas PR and in the words of the Russian president …
Ukraine – A Time To Reflect
On the 24th of February, 2022, what had been a low intensity conflict between a central government and separatist forces, evolved into a full scale war that pitted two nations against …
Gross National Happiness
In 2018 I attended a conference pertaining to sustainable development and sat in one of the sessions where research was presented on Gross National Happiness (GNH). The importance of this phenomenon …
JFF’S Gross Incompetence
The recent Gleaner editorial slamming the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) for gross incompetence, diplomatically encapsulates the essence of football’s dilemma over the past few years. As a former president of the …
Reform Urgently Needed
I have been most uncomfortable for years, living in a so-called independent country with the head of state being a foreigner. Worse, the head of state is from the same institution that kept our …