Death Is Final And Inevitable, But A Life Of Suffering Isn’t
Some years ago, I spoke to a pair of young men who were soliciting funds on Trafalgar Road in Kingston. The younger one had no hands, arms, feet, or legs and he was in a wheelchair being …
Time for Accountability in the Public Space
Jamaica has always been a 9-day wonder country. It has always been! This is one reason our leaders were always prepared to wait out the drama until we forget. Sad indeed! …
Action, Not A Bagga Mout!
Neither Bruce Golding nor Andrew Holness seemed to have learnt much from the mantra of their late mentor, Edward Phillip George Seaga. His catchy but important mantra was “Action not a bagga …
Religion And Crime
I hate upsetting my Christian friends, but many years ago I developed a theory that wherever you see an over-abundance of churches, it’s a sign that there is also an overabundance …
Byzantine Eye-opener
I had been hearing a lot about the Byzantine culture, era, and religion ever since arriving in Greece. In fact, after we left Athens and arrived in Thessaloniki, we were informed by the audio guide …
Yup, Old Athens Is Definitely My Scene
I love historic Athens, but new Athens, no, not so much.This will probably shock Greeks and Europeans in general, but when it comes to the sea and sun, it’s almost impossible …
Looking Back
After much hesitation, I published Looking Back… the struggle to preserve our freedoms in November 2015. This was a semi-autobiography which was dominated by my activities between 1970 and 1980, first as a PNP activist, then as …
Will The Exploited Be Compensated For Slavery?Do Not Hold Your Breath!
On the 7th February, I posted a blog entitled ‘The Thieving British” (which was subsequently carried in Public Opinion). In the article, I expressed shock at the story on BBC which exposed Britain’s audacity in loaning treasures …
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 …
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 …
We Are Unwanted
We Jamaicans tend to hold ourselves in high esteem and based the performance of many of our nationals at home and abroad, we have some reason to feel so. For, on …