“Si de hypocrites dem a galang deh!Sy de hypocrites dem a galang deh!See di hypocrites dem a-galang deh! Man, go!”— Robert Nesta Marley There are a lot of things about the …
By Tony James The national reaction to our first few games in the CONCACAF qualifers for the FIFA World Cup are expectedly heated, blame-oriented, and often irrational. I always thought that negative press served to …
By Joy Harris-Bailey In 2020, the masses of my adopted country, America, voted out a wannabe totalitarian leader and ushered in someone of the leading opposing party. He vowed to change …
Junior Murray Perhaps one of the most hated words in the modern American society — one often used as a term of derision — is the word “liberal.” The vehemence and …
Olive Nelson When the national honour awardees virtually assemble to collect their awards on National Heroes day, this year, the previously proposed recipient Merrick ‘Al’ Miller will happily not be among …
James Moss-Solomon Life in Jamaica is never dull, so when you write it is like composing an obituary long after the deceased has been interred. So the most a writer can …
Murmurs of discontent about track maintenance are circulating. An unfortunate incident occured in October 9’s ninth race when Primal Fear broke down (reportedly fractured a leg) 600 metres out. As his …
Part II The Vicissitudes of Tropical Life Joy Bailey-Harris I love being in cool Irish Town, several miles above the heat and flurry of bustling Kingston. The cool air, the unspeakably …
Every time I hear someone say Jamaica is an English-speaking country, I have a good laugh. Not only because the last survey (2007) done on the topic showed that less than …
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” With those …
History does not repeat itself. That is an impossibility. The material factors of each historic age are always different, one era had the telephone and one had to rely on horse-delivered …
