Manley and the renewed Jamaica
A recent interview done by Professor Anthony Bogues on Michael Manley’s centenary and entitled “Decolonizing Jamaica”, raised a number of interesting questions about the trajectory of our country’s future. As someone …
A Strange Request That Was Made Of Me About The US Constitution
I have been watching and I have been praying, with growing concern, about the state of affairs within this country — that of the United States of America. Before the politicians …
Building our house on sinking sand
And so it is written in Matthew 7:24-27 that “everyone then who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on …
Artificial Intelligence: A 21st Century Plantation Model
The concept of the Plantation Model was developed by a Trinidadian intellectual, Professor Lloyd Best, over five decades ago, in which he argued that regional development cannot follow the classical theory …
Unemployment Insurance and Redundancy: Assessing their impact on Productivity and Growth
Much of the organisational strategies adopted in Jamaica, and the language associated with them, have been based on mimicking the business model developed in the metropole. We recall during the …
Building Our House On Sinking Sand
And so it is written in Matthew 7:24-27 that “everyone then who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house …
None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds
I have had reason to reflect in the last couple of months on several issues that form part of a broad philosophical outlook about Jamaica and what we are about. I …
What Has 60 Years Of Independence Done For Us?
In the business world, a company conducts an annual assessment of its performance, focusing on its assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity, or net worth. It is what is called its balance …
The Philosophy Of Hair And The Shortage Of Labour
The recently resurfaced discussion at Dunrobin Primary and Kingston College about hairstyle among persons of African descent seems, on the face of it, to bear no relation to the Prime Minister’s …
Republican Status And The Legacy Of Slavery
Every so often we are reminded of how much we still remain a victim of revisionist history. That history has landed us in a contradiction of sorts. Only by our own …
Of Thomas the Apostle, Socrates and the Science of Vaccination
Frankly, I have no patience for conspiracy theorists who peddle unsubstantiated claims as gospel when they are neither validated nor disproved by science. The distinction between conspiracy theory and the search …