Root and Branch or Beyond Values and Attitudes
It seems a day does not go by in this country when we aren’t forced to reckon with what the country has become or is heading towards. Lovers’ quarrels end in …
Happy Birthday Marcus
The legacy of Marcus Garvey has been intense and long-lasting, Taking a people who had recently come out of slavery 2 generations ago in the most extreme case and one generation …
Reflections Of A Haitian Teenager: Why I Had To Leave Haiti And Came To Jamaica
My father rushed into our one-room home, with its dirt floor and small windows with black cloths over them so that the soldiers could not know we were there. “You have …
Will The Exploited Be Compensated For Slavery?Do Not Hold Your Breath!
On the 7th February, I posted a blog entitled ‘The Thieving British” (which was subsequently carried in Public Opinion). In the article, I expressed shock at the story on BBC which exposed Britain’s audacity in loaning treasures …
Do We Need Another National Hero – The Marley Saga
Everybody in the world has an opinion about something or the other. But every opinion is as a nail, a common hardware item, which, without an external force applied to the …
British Thieves
I did an immediate double take on hearing this news headline on BBC; “UK to loan back Ghana’s looted ‘crown jewels’”. Thinking I had misheard, I made sure not to be …
Punishing the law-abiding while rewarding law breakers
This Gleaner story of January 18, 2024, under the headline; “Football dream fading, Second denial of US visa puts Munro graduate’s scholarship goal in jeopardy,” only caught my attention because it involved my …
Jamaica Needs To Take A Stance
Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, …
Slavery: What The Bible Says And Does Not Say About It
What does the Christian Bible reveal about God’s attitude towards the institution of slavery? In the process of biblical interpretation, it is always the intent of sincere, competent exegetes to cognize …
Political Freedom As Seen From The Mountain Top Of History
On the night before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered the following words from a speech that he made to …
Is Democracy On Life Support Battling for Life?
There has been much talk in the news lately about the threat posed to established or recognized democracies around the world. The nemeses of democratic principles and practices have often been …