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 …
A Strange Request That Was Made Of Me About The US Constitution
I have been watching and I have been praying, with growing concern, about the state of affairs within this country — that of the United States of America. Before the politicians …
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 …
Nobody Wins But We All Lose
Nobody Wins, But We All Lose The day after the night before is always the hardest. Anyone who has gone hard will tell you that. The day after is when you …
Will We Be Bullied On Haiti
The Jamaican government in recent weeks has come under pressure from her erstwhile ally the US, when it released a revised travel advisory downgrading Jamaica’s status. The reasons given will not …
Still not PNP country
Local government elections are on the horizon, set to be held on the 26th of February, and the silly season is well and truly underway. In one corner we have the …
Irony of Ironies – Chief Justice John Roberts and the State of Alabama
When I was a little boy there was a family that moved into our neighbourhood with children, the oldest being a boy of about my age. I was thrilled at the …
What now with Jamaica and Palestine
On Friday January 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a provisional ruling in the case against Israel brought by South Africa charging the Jewish state with genocide against …
Conservatives in the Era of Trump
As many within the United States and, indeed, the world stand aghast at the recent developments of former president Donald Trump’s continuing legal woes and at his surrogate’s real or pretended …
“What” And Not “Who” Killed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr?
This year will mark the 56th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the aftermath of his assassination, investigations were conducted in respect to who …
We Are Unwanted
We Jamaicans tend to hold ourselves in high esteem and based the performance of many of our nationals at home and abroad, we have some reason to feel so. For, on …