Stop Playing Games with Sports
Jamaicans have a mad passion for sports. Be it the man who plays community football every Sunday, or the woman who goes all out in our local netball leagues, we indulge in …
To the political cynics – you cannot have your cake and eat it
The idiom “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” means that a person cannot simultaneously possess an item and consume it. Metaphorically speaking, it means that a person cannot enjoy the …
The New Dark Age
History does not repeat itself. That is one of the first facts drilled into anyone who has studied history, and that statement holds true almost always. History cannot repeat itself as …
Giving Away Our Birthright for a Bowl of Pottage
As the Government looks to seriously push through on the idea of privatizing the National Water Commission one cannot help but remember the story in the Old Testament of Esau and …
THE WORLD IS LOOKING A BIT DARKER
The world is a funny old place. One hundred years ago a war was fought primarily in Western Europe to stop an imperial upstart (Germany) from becoming too powerful. Some 70-odd …
Stand with Venezuela or be torn apart alone
Venezuela is in flames, with almost daily protests both for and against the government, severe food shortages and an economy in free fall. We see a once proud and strong nation …
Do we love our women?
Life as a woman is not easy, and life as a woman in Jamaica is especially hard. This is a nation where we men claim to love women, but that, for …
If Jamaica is to truly fight crime
Over the past year the nation has been hollering for action to stem the seemingly irreversible rise in crime. After years of seeing the crime rate (led by murders) decline – …
Tax system is too corrupt!
On the face of it, people really hate taxes, especially in Jamaica and similar countries where corruption is viewed as endemic. No one likes going to the pumps or supermarket …
Wow Venezuela, wow!
I am a leftist. Anyone who speaks politics or talks policies with me will attest to the fact that I am between a tree-hugging hippie at times, to a dyed in …