Now Is The Time To Stand Up And Be Counted
‘Good fren betta dan packet money.’ ‘Tell me who you walk with, and I will tell you who you are.’ We are living in interesting times. Old orders are collapsing, new …
It is amazing how appealing evil still is in the 21st century
The title for this opinion piece came out of a discussion with my brother. It was he who had posited the idea from what he had obtained from another source. The …
Religion And Crime
I hate upsetting my Christian friends, but many years ago I developed a theory that wherever you see an over-abundance of churches, it’s a sign that there is also an overabundance …
Byzantine Eye-opener
I had been hearing a lot about the Byzantine culture, era, and religion ever since arriving in Greece. In fact, after we left Athens and arrived in Thessaloniki, we were informed by the audio guide …
World Crisis
Repeatedly what I encountered on a long trip to South America, the coast of Africa, Morrocco, and Spain reinforced the fact that nowhere in the world is exempt from the concern …
Why I Am A Registered Independent Voter
My late mother-in-law, God rest her soul, could not understand why I was not registered as a voter in the Democratic Party (DNC) here in the United States. I guess that …
A Call For A Review Of The Power Of Judicial Review Of The U.S. Supreme Court
“Ye will surely say unto me this proverb. Physician heal thyself” — Jesus of Nazareth The power of the people is more powerful than that of the judiciary. That sounds like wishful …
Broken Vessel But Good Water
As the dust settles on the local government election, the nation has barely had any time to breathe as both major political parties have begun campaigning for a general election constitutionally …
The Gordon House Walk-Out? Pickney Business!
The walk-out by the JLP Parliamentarians led by the Prime Minister last week, as the PNP’s Leader of the Opposition was making his contribution to the Budget Debate, was fraught with …
Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave
I have long spoken of Jamaica’s broken foreign policy, the farcical and duplicitous stances we have taken in the recent past. I sound the alarm for many reasons, first because this …