Horses To Follow 2024
Unfortunately, serious horse racing fans were as frustrated at the close of 2023 as they were at its start. In Public Opinion’s first issue of 2023, I wrote: “…production of racing …
War drums in a zone of peace
The drums of war are beating in the Caribbean, and they are getting louder and louder. The United States has set its sights firmly on Venezuela, using the lie that Venezuela …
Political Freedom As Seen From The Mountain Top Of History
On the night before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered the following words from a speech that he made to …
The Recall Of Our Rights
If we don’t want alleged criminals to be defended why not change the law? Nobody remembers their fundamental constitutional rights until either they are in Jeopardy with the law, or they …
Accelerating Green Investment For Sustainable Tourism Development
The following is a speech delivered in my capacity as keynote speaker at the annual Future Leaders of Tourism Conference held at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus on …
Some Memories Of Our Family Ford Prefect Motorcar
When I was a young boy, growing up with my brother in Jamaica, I enjoyed the occasional weekend or holiday “drive outs” with my parents. Although my mother was a good …
Is Democracy On Life Support Battling for Life?
There has been much talk in the news lately about the threat posed to established or recognized democracies around the world. The nemeses of democratic principles and practices have often been …
Embracing Our Differences, The Only Route To Mankind’s Survival
Three young scholars (age 20) were shot in Burlington, Vermont last weekend. This tragic event will most likely go down as a hate crime because they were wearing the traditional Palestinian …
Biased US media
As long as the strong continue to oppress and tyrannize the weak and vulnerable there is a role for militants/guerillas. For how else can the victimized win/regain their freedom from those with …
The Government’s Mask-Off Moment
On Wednesday, November 29, the Government Senator, and Minister for industry Aubyn Hill, made a presentation at an event put on by Chabad Jamaica, marking the upcoming Hanukkah season as well, …
Economic Self-Interest
Caveat. Your columnist is not a trained economist. There are significant numbers of the private sector in Jamaica, of which your columnist is a member, who have complained of a shortage …