Will The Real Victims Stand Up Please!
“Sometimes in our story we are the victim, sometimes the martyr and sometimes the villain.” Jenny C. Bell, In the Cave of my Heart: Poems Whites, Afro-Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latino …
Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”
There was a time when corporal punishment was part and parcel of our Jamaican school system. It was, perhaps, a holdover from the old British colonial era. It was often abused …
Mass Shootings Will Continue Until US Addresses The Corrupt System Of Lobbying…
I find most members of the Republican Party in the USA (aka conservatives) very dangerous indeed. For if their philosophy is to be believed, when young children who are raped or have been …
I Don’t Know
Lamentation? I don’t know. Another shooting. Another massacre. Children mostly. And we take it in stride, as we always do. We move on, not because we want to, but because we …
The Ball Is In The Unions’ Court
The past few weeks saw the island being rocked by industrial disputes. In one week we saw National Water Commission (NWC) workers go on strike, air traffic controllers strike, civil servants …
Happiness, Values And Morals In Choosing Paint
This morning I was busy choosing paint colours for our new house. In the course of this process I began to be aware of the emotions and values I felt while …
KSAMC Is A disgrace
Every time I see a headline like the one below, I seethe at how corrupt that organization once known as KSAC, but now called KSAMC, is. The headline in the Gleaner of …
Citizens Mobilize
Public outcry has grown in recent months about unplanned, unregulated building developments across the Kingston Metropolitan Area. The face of the city’s suburbs is changing rapidly as single-family houses are being …
Hair And Unspoken History
Recently Jamaica went through its now annual public outcry as children were turned back from school due to the length of their hair or other hairstyles. After the children were barred …
Ukraine Is Different!
“When elephants fight it is the grass that gets trampled.” — African proverb. There has never been a truer word, and lest we are inclined to forget, the recent events in Ukraine …
Launch Of “Marcus Garvey In Schools” (MGIS Project)
It’s here! Marcus Garvey to be taught as part of curriculum starting with basic schools across Jamaica has always been a point of discussion in Jamaica. Do we or do we …