Nobody Wins But We All Lose
Nobody Wins, But We All Lose The day after the night before is always the hardest. Anyone who has gone hard will tell you that. The day after is when you …
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 …
Our Civics Illiteracy And The Health Of our Democracies
I once had a friend — a talented friend. He was a few years older than me. I met him while I was in the teaching profession. We shared, pretty much, …
Do We Need Another National Hero – The Marley Saga
Everybody in the world has an opinion about something or the other. But every opinion is as a nail, a common hardware item, which, without an external force applied to the …
Betting Is Not The Same As Gambling
As gambling options seem never-ending, maybe it’s time for a seminar on the differences between gambling and betting. There’s a reason that Government’s statutory body regulating these activities is named The …
Will We Be Bullied On Haiti
The Jamaican government in recent weeks has come under pressure from her erstwhile ally the US, when it released a revised travel advisory downgrading Jamaica’s status. The reasons given will not …
British Thieves
I did an immediate double take on hearing this news headline on BBC; “UK to loan back Ghana’s looted ‘crown jewels’”. Thinking I had misheard, I made sure not to be …
Still not PNP country
Local government elections are on the horizon, set to be held on the 26th of February, and the silly season is well and truly underway. In one corner we have the …
Irony of Ironies – Chief Justice John Roberts and the State of Alabama
When I was a little boy there was a family that moved into our neighbourhood with children, the oldest being a boy of about my age. I was thrilled at the …
Punishing the law-abiding while rewarding law breakers
This Gleaner story of January 18, 2024, under the headline; “Football dream fading, Second denial of US visa puts Munro graduate’s scholarship goal in jeopardy,” only caught my attention because it involved my …
What now with Jamaica and Palestine
On Friday January 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a provisional ruling in the case against Israel brought by South Africa charging the Jewish state with genocide against …