The Soul Of The Guineas
Guineas anticipation is at a high after an impressive reappearance by pre-season favourite Wow Wow and flashy, clock-stopping efforts by “talking horse” Mahogany. Wow Wow returned onFebruary 9 (3yo Graded Stakes; …
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 …
Is Millennial Socialism On The Agenda In Jamaica?
As we await, with great expectation, the campaign thrust in the soon-to-be called general elections, the Opposition PNP has defined the remit of its campaign around the philosophy of democratic socialism. …
The Coronavirus: To Be Forewarned Should Be An Advantage
Science fiction only remains fiction until science proves the facts in an irrefutable way. Over the centuries several religious beliefs; planetary data; the universe; the flat Earth; gravity; and many other …
Welcome Back, Greg Christie
Congratulations to Greg Christie, who has been appointed chairman of the Integrity Commission. This move by a Government which has been plagued by allegations of corruption must be put down to …
Public Opinion, The Baptists And The National Movement
A quiet but not too distant presence in the sinews of Public Opinion was the Jamaican Baptist church. It was the Baptists who led the way to emancipation. It was the …
Opening Our doors to the Huns, Goths, and other invading tribes
Update: My FLOW landline is crackling badly despite the visit of a crew and I have reported it again. The cell service has not improved, and needs a more strategically placed …
The REAL Ghetto Story?
Having grown up in August Town, in a place called Angola; ‘Gola’ for short, with adjoining areas of the community called “Jungle twelve,” and “Vietnam,” depicting war zones and perpetual fear, …
SOE-Liberty vs Security:Making Victims Of Us All
From a lay person’s point of view, a declaration of a state of public emergency may be a legal provision reserved for given times and circumstances of threatened or actual …
Time To Review The Extended Use Of The SOE
The means cannot become the end without a serious possibility of the condition of a National Security State emerging — with the permanent suspension of rights, often of some more than …
Rise Up And Demand A New World
The year 2020 got off to a bang on the international scene as the US and Iran came to the brink of open war. But after the murder of a top …