A Christian Nation – What Does That Look Like?
“A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler’s “big lie”. It misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you.” Darrell Huff, author of “How to Lie with Statistics.” Before Donald Trump and …
‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica
I and I build the cabin,I and I plant the corn,Didn’t my people before meSlave for this country,Now you look me with a scorn,Then you eat up all my corn. Those …
Republicanism And The Anglican Church In Jamaica
“The King, our sovereign Lord… shall be taken, accepted, and reputed as the only supreme head in earth of the Church of England called Anglicana Ecclesia… and that our said Lord… …
A King’s Speech
“The Queen is dead.” The news was as a shot out of the dark. Word of her illness, with intimations of its deathly seriousness, were couched in euphemistic, English, monarchical language. …
Chadwick Boseman: It Was Not All About Money
Have you ever heard someone say, in objection to a particular task or responsibility, “You could never pay me enough to do that job”? Well, I have. And, not only have …
An Allegation Against The Jamaican Government In The Case Of Marcus Garvey
It is said that in legal matters, one ought to call upon the competence and objectivity of others for advocacy on one’s behalf, regardless of what side of a litigation one …
The Dog Whistle Of Law And Order In America — Smoke And Mirrors
In modern politics, the concept of “law and order”, also known as the “war on crime”, provides an over-the-top paradigmatic approach to crime. It focuses on harsher enforcement and penalties in an …
The Farce Of Frogopolis
Fredrick the Frog (no relation to the now infamous Kermit the Frog), had applied for a job that was funded by the Federal Government. The interview, which took place almost three …
Reparations For African Slavery – Hope And Headache
This writer has been hearing much talk about reparations with respect to African Slavery in the media in recent years. As a son of the survivors of European colonialism and of …
On The Ledge – A Country In Crisis
There he stood, arms outstretched off to his sides, forming the letter T with his torso. As he swayed slightly in the gusty breeze he gazed downwards — his eyes bloodshot, …
Shakespeare’s “Othello“ And Racism As We Now Know It
“For she had eyes and chose me.” – from Othello, by William Shakespeare My English Literature teachers would be proud, if they could see me now. After having abided the rigors …