To Truly Develop Sports in Jamaica
Congratulations to our Jamaicans sports persons who earned the right to represent our country at the Tokyo Olympics. I only wish we could have been in more disciplines, and this is …
Declining murder rate is good but more needs to be done
Recent statistics released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) show that murders have declined this year and are projected to be under 1,000, the first time we will be seeing this …
Pace Makes Race
I first learned the fundamental mantra “Pace makes every race” in 1969 when I read a book titled “How to win Money at the races” by American professional horseplayer Nate Perlmutter. …
The Power Of Symbolism
In the I800s, American novelist, short story writer and poet, Louisa May Alcott, – the author of the novel “Little Women” – wrote the following words: “Far away there in the sunshine are my …
Nothing Wrong With Countries Having an Agenda
China has an agenda, I think China has an agenda, beware of the Chinese agenda. These phrases and others like it are uttered by persons who are wary of interacting with …
Modern Tools For Mental Health
Say the word “Psychedelics” and one quickly can distinguish the Baby Boomers from Gen Z or Millennials in the room. Baby Boomers think of a bright kaleidoscope of colours and patterns …
Globalization, or Global Westernization?
To allow the ‘Master’ to drink rum, or lemonade in the shade, the education of the slaves had to be increased… with education, and an ever constant burning will to be …
American Democracy A Funny Thing
Democracy, at its most rudimentary level, as practised in the United States, is a very strange ideological animal. If it were a creature in the wild it would be more of …
What is China?
This is the question of the age which is currently on the minds of university professors, politicians, industrialists, and citizens, especially in the third world. The question is as follows: Is …
Amid The Rip Van Winkle Sleeping Virus-zzz20
Regrettably I missed one article for Public Opinion and believe me, the feeling is similar to falling asleep before a Category 5 hurricane, and then waking up to a scene of …
What About The Welfare Of The Horse?
On Saturday, July 10, a shadow was cast over the entire horseracing world. It was thrown by news that Galileo [(b.h. Sadler’s Wells-Urban Sea (Miswaki)], acknowledged as the best sire of …