KSAC, A Sleeping Watchdog? No.
I believe it was former US speaker, Tip O’Neil, who first publicly made the observation, “All politics is local.” That is certainly true and recently it appears that our PM Andrew …
Beware Of The Sleeping Giant — A Word To The Incoming Trump Administration
“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” –Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (After the attack on Pearl Harbour) Presidential and …
Flogging The Wrong Horse
Kyle Rittenhouse got away with murder in the USA, but I can’t imagine him being found ‘not guilty’ in any other country in the world. Also, were he a black man, …
Maligning Jamaican Mothers
No child can be born without the input of a male, but too many Jamaican men are being allowed to get away without providing any financial support for the children they …
The World Of The Occult: Belief Kills And Belief Cures
Despite the strides we have made in education and enlightenment over the decades, the belief in the powers of obeah men/women to protect one from evil doers or the long arm …
Gross Religious Rituals
By Joan Williams With the recent events surrounding the life and death of Kevin Smith, discussions regarding strange religious practices, cults and cultism have taken centre stage. For those who have been living …
Jamaica An English-Speaking Country?
Every time I hear someone say Jamaica is an English-speaking country, I have a good laugh. Not only because the last survey (2007) done on the topic showed that less than …
An Unparalleled Imagination
I have really heard some convincing ghost stories in my time, but despite growing up scared as hell that I will one day run into one, I still remain unconvinced that …
Thank You, Miss Lou
The entire month of September every year, should be dedicated to honour the late Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley O.M., O.J., M.B.E. D. Lit. For not only was she Jamaica’s first recorded artist, a literary genius, comedienne, actress, …
Independence, Really?
Thanks to the performance of the Jamaican women’s 4×100 metre team on Independence Day Friday, 6th August 2021, we really had something exceptional to celebrate. These ladies — Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann …
Don’t Dilute Our Culture!
I couldn’t agree more with the late great Marcus Garvey when he said, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.” …