Decolonizing the mind for future innovations
(Presentation made to Church Teacher’s College) Decolonizing the mind What is decolonizing? In a nutshell larger than a peanut, it is the process by which foreign colonies of imperial nations which …
The Jamaica Constitution – what do you know?
“In questions of power, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Jamaica became an independent nation among …
A twisted nightmare about checks and balances
“We are such stuffAs dreams are made on,and our little life is rounded with a sleep” William Shakespeare (The Tempest) I sometimes wonder not only about the mechanics but also about …
Community Building
“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.” A statement from Bahá’u’lláh the prophet founder of the Bahá’i faith should be the prerequisite principle to guide any discussion about building …
Thinking of the Women Life Freedom Movement
It is interesting how a truth, like a baby, sometimes requires aging to reach its optimum effect – to become universal. My wife is Persian (Iranian) so we have been following …
Traffic jams solution
On Friday, the 17th of April, Kingston experienced rain. It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary; it seemed to be a simple shower lasting about 2 hours from 2 pm to …
“If yu live in a glasshouse”
“If yu live in a glasshouseDon’t throw stonesAnd if you can’t take blows brotherDon’t throw blows Harm no manLet no man harm youDo unto othersAs they would do to you” Song …
Time (again) to take Regional Integration seriously
I am a Jamaican born Caribbean man…have always been. Two of my brothers were born in Barbados, so I had little choice. I have often said that I was so grateful …
Iranians Persecuted
Millions of Iranians pray for a regime change. They long for meaningful reform in their country. The current conflict involving Israel and the United States has renewed hopes for greater justice …
From hope to cesspits
The debacle finally ends They say it is the hope that kills you. The hope that something amazing will happen, that a miracle will take place, that a wrong will be …
Not for want of wisdom, but that of will- the spirit of Caribbean regionalism
Ever since I wrote my last oped calling for stronger Caribbean inter-regional cooperation, in the face of increasing threats from outside forces towards the wellbeing of our peoples, I wondered how …