The Limits Of American Patriotism And American Profits
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure …
Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”
There was a time when corporal punishment was part and parcel of our Jamaican school system. It was, perhaps, a holdover from the old British colonial era. It was often abused …
Positive Developments
Two recent developments in horseracing and betting have the potential to produce positive results. The first is the introduction, at the racetrack, of what’s being marketed as ‘fixed odds betting”. It’s …
The Idol Cannot Last Forever
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine …
American States Separating From Each Other – Foresight Or Folly?
In 1936, a constitutional crisis arose in the British Empire when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was …
He Don’t Like Favourites
So my alter ego found himself in the Bernard Lodge area recently visiting the location of a longstanding legal dispute. There I met a Stud Farm Manager named Clifton McLeish who …
What We Know And What We See
Most of what we understand is formed through perception by our senses and what we perceive is dependent on the refinement of our senses. An artist, for example, has a highly …
Five Black Cops Beating A Black Man To Death, Is That Racism? Why Not?
During the time of slavery one set of slaves reputed to have internalized the racially superior attitudes of their white masters, sometimes with blind and unfettered zeal, were the so-called …
None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds
I have had reason to reflect in the last couple of months on several issues that form part of a broad philosophical outlook about Jamaica and what we are about. I …
Yes, Haiti Needs Help, But Intervention Is Not The Answer
At a recent sitting of Parliament, the PM announced that Jamaica would be looking to play an active and leading role in any intervention in Haiti. The intervention and assistance would …
The Family in Cuba
Would you believe I now know more relatives from my father’s side in Cuba than in Jamaica, although that side of my family was born right here! Maydolys, (Back) Hector Ian Casrlos (Front) A few years ago …