Doctor, I still have hopes for America – am I mad?
“Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.”— Don Quixote, Cervantes I have lived within the continental United States for several decades now. …
I did not get all that I wanted, but all that I needed – the U.S. mid-term elections
Election Day came and it went here in the United States of America, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. It was not a presidential election, but what was referred to, traditionally, as …
Parable of a Royal Abdication for the US Supreme Court
“This I do with all my heart. You all know the reasons which have — have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making …
Whites and blacks together again? Another opportunity, perhaps!
“The slave-holder knows wherein lies his power to enslave one class and trample upon another. He scatters abroad prejudice. And in order to do this, he scatters abroad ignorance, shrouding the …
Can America effect a reboot after Trump?
Several years ago, after a period of quiet reflection, I penned the following words and then shared them with some of my friends. But, more than it being a very short …
The Trump Train and Why It Exists
It has been a little over a month since the wheels of the Trump Administration train rolled on out of the presidential inauguration station on Monday, January 20 this year. It …
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 …
Mass Deportations or Ethnic Cleansing By Another Name?
What a difference a few days can make. I departed, along with my brother, from the shores of the United States on January 17, to attend to legal matters in Jamaica. …
Pardoned? Yes, Pardoned! But what would ole Marcus Garvey have said?
Having read the autobiography of Mr. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, and some of his seminal writings, it would be appropriate to consider what his reaction might have been towards having been pardoned …
Law and disorder – Another example of U.S. constitutional madness
“If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. …
A New Year’s Eve Encounter – The Power of One Conversation
Looks can be deceiving and they often are. But one can never knowwhat is until one makes an effort to lift the veils of mystery and thenpeer within the shadows. …