Our Hope And Expectation
So many of the things we thought would happen in 2020 did not happen, and some even went horribly wrong. Many of our New Year resolutions were stillborn, having died in …
The seminal contribution of PJ Patterson to nation building
Percival Noel James Patterson celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday, April 10, having spent his entire life in service to his homeland and beyond. Before taking the helm as Prime Minister …
The Insurrection Revealed As A Master Strategy
Satirical Corner Once again Donald Trump has proven his worth. The insurrection on Capitol Hill should go down in history as a stroke of genius by the lame duck Donald as …
1976-The Invasion of the Foreign Press
From five years between January 1976 and November 1980 Jamaica was invaded by the foreign press. Newspapers and news magazines from Canada, the USA, Britain and even Germany got into the …
Developing Potential of Our Children
There is a news story about a six-year-old boy who is raising funds to help those in need through his art. This caused me to ponder on inherent potential and how …
Dub: Rhythm, Rhyme, Roots
Note to Readers: This essay on dub was originally published in a longer form in PREE. I was happy to oblige when the editors of Public Opinion asked me to consider …
Darnella Frazier – Person of the Year 2020
TIME Magazine’s selection of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris for Persons of the Year was quite understandable. But it missed the mark. Much as those two people represent the …
Equality v Equity, Justice v A Just Resolution
Peter Tosh’s famous song Equal Rights states there will be no peace till there is equal rights and justice for all. This is a cry which has been made for eons …
The Serendipity of Jamaica’s Rhodes Scholarship
Congratulations are in order to Mr. Fitzroy Wickham of York Castle High School, Jamaica’s Rhodes Scholar 2021. Mr. Wickham is presently pursuing a medical degree in the United States of America. …
Apples or Oranges?
What if the law doesn’t work for anyone of African descent who calls this USA home – what then? What if “law and order” are just code words for keeping the …
The Ideal Public Servant
While the People’s National Party (PNP) acts as a vector of contagion spreading nasty, scurrilous, disrespectful mudslinging scatter-shot style regardless of who might be infected, its new President publicly pleads for …