Starting some engines that have been asleep for years
As 2020 rolls on my success rate is still low, but I am happy to report one success that could boost our expectations for a much improved year and timely responses. …
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 …
Problems With Easy Solutions — All That’s Needed Is The Will
Happy 2020 to all, and let us resolve to be a part of the changes that are required by confronting them every day. If we can be relentless and show numbers, …
Trapped! Oh Yeah!
When Jimmy Cliff wrote and recorded the song Trapped in 1972, it was about a relationship with a woman, and the influence or spell she had on him that, despite his …
Patois – Figet it!
As a product of the ghetto, I grew up in the midst of poverty and violence and among people who were either illiterate or semi-literate but spoke fluent Patois. I took …
BBC! The New Language Frontier
Just over three centuries ago, there began to emerge in Britain, France and throughout Europe new ideas about the world and how it should be governed for the sake of human …
Cry baby Xhaka and the system that outlaws human emotions
Granit Xhaka of Arsenal FC fame has caused something of a storm in the football world. For those who have better things to do with their time and as such missed …
I have a sense of discomfort about our port operations
I have a somewhat uneasy feeling as I retrace the historical steps of a particular industry that had significant roots in Jamaica. That industry incorporated shipping, transshipment, global trade, and logistics, …
Legislative Slothfulness
The Laird Just about six or so weeks ago there was an item of news that set me off on a prolonged path of musing. There was the now usual brouhaha …
What to do about doping in sport
Doping in sport is once again in the spotlight, as last Tuesday word came that “Super Coach” Alberto Salazar has been found guilty after a 4-year investigation by the USADA, led …
Coloured World
The melting pot and a coffee coloured world, dreamy words reminiscent of the 60s, a mantra held by many who believe that through integration and cultural melding the world will become …