The unrealistic Jamaican middle class
The Jamaican middle class remains its worst enemy, and the more one looks at it, the more one realises that nothing positive will come from it. That the middle class has …
Absolute Madness
It appears that most Jamaicans are upset over the government voting itself hefty increases in salaries ranging from 100% to 200% and more. The reaction can be understood as there are no means of accountability or …
It’s Christmas
I don’t normally go to church, unless it’s Christmas or if a very special person passes. Then I go to be with their family. This is not because I am an atheist, but because …
Boundaries
The woman moved the landmark. She made an addition to her house which encroached on my father’s property. A lawyer was contacted and the infraction — no, the contravention of the …
Age of Consent
According to a Gleaner report on December 6, 2022, “During the sitting of the Senate last Friday, Opposition Senator Damion Crawford called for the age of consent to be raised from …
Those Of Us On The Left Have Had A Long History Of Combatting And Opposing Liberalism
This is a history which can be found in the Paris Communes, the Peterloo massacre and the attempts to end colonialism in the early 1900s, events which saw those pushing and …
Government Neglect Driving Low Breeding Output
So, Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association of Jamaica (TOBA) President Howard Hamilton has been quoted by the Observer as saying the breeding industry is in a state of panic. Ya don’t …
Cultivating Today For Bountiful Harvest Tomorrow
It is widely acknowledged that there is a generational divide aided by the current age of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This reality has many Baby Boomers lamenting the apparent dissolution …
Let The Insurrectionists Go? Why Not? It’s Tradition!
“Pity is treason.” ⁃ Maximilien Robespierre Many have asked and still ask, what is taking so long? Why are some of the rioters, out of the factious and fractious throng …
I Hate Socialism!
It is almost impossible to turn on television these days and not hear some shrill accusation about some politician being a socialist. Of course, these charges are being widely thrown at …
The Chance For A Broader View Of History (Celebrating Jamaica’s Sixtieth Anniversary)
The chance for a broader view of history Celebrating Jamaica’s 60th Anniversary How time flies — it really does. During this my 63rd year of life, it now comes to mind …