Game Changer
On Friday, September 23, one of the most boring courts in the land issued a ruling which, to those who pay close enough attention, changes the landscape the Jamaican worker must …
‘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 …
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. …
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 …
Stay The Economic Course – Or Keep Tightening Your Belt While I Get Fat
Jamaica is going through interesting times. We are currently experiencing the lowest level of unemployment in our history, yet almost two million people are — according to a local newspaper — …
No Good Guys In This War, But No One Likes A Hypocrite
Evil Putin, the madman Putin, the terminally ill Putin, the isolated Putin, each of these statements made in relation to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his actions since 2012, have picked …
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 …
Eating The Elephant …One Bite At A Time
We are all feeling the pinch! At the gas pumps, the supermarket, in our utility bills …you name it! And the scenario is shaping up to get worse. The psychological relief …
Slavery In The US
It is common for us to assume that all the descendants of the African slave trade have the same history. However, I have only recently started to learn that as bad …
The Second Amendment And The Matter Of Mass Shootings
It is a strange thing, that Second Amendment, which, ostensibly, protects those who are armed, but not those who are unarmed. It is a strange thing, that Second Amendment, that esteems …