Who Should Be Recognised As Heroes?
What if a public figure who you revere as a hero was found guilty of a crime or of some act of gross immorality — should the honour for such an …
Religious-political hypocrisy within the United States
“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 …
Where Is The Ship?
In horseracing there are escalating forms of placing wagers and the basics are fairly simple. There is place; win; and quinelas (first and second). After that the bets become more complex …
Low Vaccination Rate And Trust
Jamaica’s COVID-19 vaccination take-up remains at a shockingly low level. Many reasons are behind it but the primary two which have been highlighted since the first vaccine became available are low …
Recruiting COVID Suicide Bombers?
The continued operations of small, crowded, unsanitary Off Track Betting Parlours (OTBs) during the third wave of a pandemic that has caused oxygen supplies to run out and the near collapse …
Freedom And Public Opinion
This seems to be an idea whose time has come….. Disconcerting and perplexing as are current events, it’s not as if we were not warned. One of the most astute observations, …
Why Try To Prevent Discussion, White America?
Why do those who initiated the conversation on race get to be the ones to end it, here in America? In fact, what they were engaged in was no dialogue at …
Independence, Really?
Thanks to the performance of the Jamaican women’s 4×100 metre team on Independence Day Friday, 6th August 2021, we really had something exceptional to celebrate. These ladies — Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann …
The Changing World And How To Understand It
The system that oppressed us over 400 years ago has not disappeared, it is still with us; it has merely mutated. Its most conspicuous form of oppression was the control of …
Turmoil Rears Its Head On Every Continent
In Jamaican folklore we have been told by Granny that “bad luck always comes in threes”, and even though some may doubt this, recent events may be seen as some kind …
Satirical Corner
New IOC Rule could help Shericka Jackson The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to consider an amendment to its by-laws which would have seen the inclusion of Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson in …