Absolute Madness

It appears that most Jamaicans are upset over the government voting itself hefty increases in salaries ranging from 100% to 200% and more.  The reaction can be understood as there are no means of accountability or …

Data As A Public Good

COVID-19 and its devastating effect on the education industry, more than anything else, has revealed the scandalous system of education apartheid that exists in our country. The  quite proper closure of …

Patrimony gone awry

The real patrimony of this beautiful isle is the land bequeathed to its citizens from generation to generation. The land provides fertile ground for sugar, coffee, cocoa, pimento, ackee, domestic food …

Middle Class Breeding

The Pocket Oxford English Dictionary describes the noun “breeding” as follows: “upper-class good manners seen as being passed on from one generation to another”. It also describes “to breed” as follows: “to mate and produce offspring”. The term …