Skip to content
Public Opinion
  • Home
  • Featured
  • Public Interest
  • Thought Leadership
  • The Laird
  • Youth
  • Sport
  • People
  • Business

Author: Dr. Alis Headlam

  • Home
  • Featured
By Aldington "Junior" Murray March 20, 2026

Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”

There was a time when corporal punishment was part and parcel of our Jamaican school system. It was, perhaps, a holdover from the old British colonial era. It was often abused …

Issue # 227

Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”

March 20, 2026

A new foreign policy is needed

March 20, 2026

Sovereignty: Is it even a real thing?

March 20, 2026

Global unity an awesome task that requires patience and dedication

March 20, 2026
By Dr. Alis Headlam March 20, 2026 4 days 803 words

Global unity an awesome task that requires patience and dedication

Former United States President Barack Obama’s speech at Reverend Jesse Jackson’s funeral, March 6, 2026, began with a Bible quote from Isaiah, “Here I am, Lord, Send me.” A message that …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam March 6, 2026 3 weeks 612 words

We cannot lose hope that peace will triumph

In 1985 the Universal House of Justice (UHJ), the governing body of the Bahá’i Faith, sent a message of peace to the peoples of the world “For the first time in …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam February 6, 2026 2 months 491 words

A plea for America

Langston Hughes, an American poet, wrote “Let America be America again”. After saying this at the beginning of his poem he points out why America has never fulfilled the dreams of …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam January 9, 2026 2 months 454 words

Lessons from the Baha’is in the past year

There is hope in the future as seen through the eyes of the Bahá’is in every continent of the world. The new year encourages us to look at ways of creating …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam October 3, 2025 6 months 801 words

Community Building

“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.” A statement from Bahá’u’lláh the prophet founder of theBahá’i faith should be the prerequisite principle to guide any discussion about building …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam August 1, 2025 8 months 715 words

World Order Appears to be coming apart, but this is a time of Great Hope

This is an angry and frustrated world we live in today. Can you feel it as you move about your day, or watch the news and social media stories? Evidence of …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam July 4, 2025 9 months 1,556 word

Eye movements and reading

Current reading practices operate on the belief that the eyes play a pivotal role in picking up information that is essential for reading. So central is this belief that whole programmes …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam June 13, 2025 9 months 1,089 word

Welcome to the Rock

Emergency! No planes can land in the United States. There’s been a terrible accident!! Or something?? All planes coming from Europe and the East diverted to a small island in the …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam May 30, 2025 10 months 1,095 word

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 …

Read more
By Dr. Alis Headlam May 16, 2025 10 months 1,454 word

The Notebook

“If our teaching is to be an art, we must draw from all we know, feel and believe in order to create something beautiful. To teach well we do not need …

Read more
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4

Recent Posts

  • Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”
  • A new foreign policy is needed
  • Sovereignty: Is it even a real thing?
  • Global unity an awesome task that requires patience and dedication
  • Parable of a conversation with a dead squirrel
  • We cannot lose hope that peace will triumph
  • Democracy requires work
  • Mental health underserved
  • Who are we?
  • Suffering in Cuba

Get in touch

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Best News Free Newspaper WordPress Theme by Postmagthemes