The irony of Jamaica
The concept of sustainable development has proven to be very difficult for various parts of the economy and the society in general over the centuries. In fact, we have a …
Who are we?
Like any other periods of human civilization, history is unfolding through a dialectical process of contradictions and transformations. The process of change will inevitably be through what Marx called “the negation …
Come with more effort when dealing with Caricom
Caribbean integration, the creation of a federation or simply the harmonising of our collective policies and laws, has long been the dream of persons living in the region who …
Trump wall, government shutdown, Brexit and dengue
2019 kicks off with the usual vagaries as any other year, and until the 2019/20 Budget is tabled and discussed, all is mere conjecture. So let us look at the current …
Hey, Rip Van Winkles, wake up, it’s 2019!
A happy New Year to all our readers. I wish you all a healthy and successful 2019, and urge us all to be action people, rather than being talkers. Forget Donald …
Obfuscating the facts with the deafening noise of trivia
It is very sad for me to write my last article before Christmas 2018 in a less than happy and hopeful way. It is a time of family, friends, the future, …
The importance of scheduling: preventing our own demise
The concepts of efficiency, productivity, adaptation, change, and scheduling are all connected as a country or company tries to grow. We talk about the first four every day, ad nauseum, and …
Our mission: Develop a society where honesty and integrity supersede corruption and lawlessness
In my previous article, I spoke to issues of storytelling as an effective way of communicating historical events, current events, and a basis for leading new thoughts for the future strategies …
Will the island of heroes deliver a “heroic” vote for the CCJ on November 6?
A national Referendum on the issue of whether a Caribbean nation should disengage from the British Privy Council and accede to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the nation’s highest …
Eliminating the gangway to prison
At the commencement of the school year I was silently praying and hoping that this will be the year when violence in schools will, if not totally eliminated, be drastically reduced, …
Do education reform and stop hitting the dead horse
Jamaican politicians are notorious for pandering to the gallery and flogging dead horses. We see the pandering all the time: works given out to supporters, glib comparisons about whose party is …