The people must be given a seat at the table of power
The great CLR James wrote a book Any Cook Can Govern which posited that the activities taken up by the judiciary, executive and legislative branches of government could be carried out …
Happy Emancipation Day
A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots
Granny’s Remedy
Across the world, most countries are subject to varying natural disasters that are life-threatening and usually of high probabilities, bearing in mind their geological conditions and climate. Many of these are …
Progress blunted at Independence
Public Opinion was launched by Osmond Theodore Fairclough in 1937 specifically to create an awareness about the need for a political party. It succeeded in 1938 when the People’s National Party …
Don’t be fooled, pacifist movements are useless
Pacifism, is a word and action which for some is the pinnacle of humanity. The action of non-violence in the face of oppression, it is said, is something for which all …
This madness from the BOJ
Last week Friday, April 24, 2020 was a very disappointing afternoon for me. It was the announcement by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) that it had requested certain financial institutions not …
Coronavirus – We no want no devil philosophy
They made their world so hard Every day we got to keep on fighting They made their world so hard Every day the people are dyin’ For hunger and starvation Lamentation …
What Can You Do For Horse Racing?
So, local horse racing is not only on furlough but finds itself smack dab in the middle of a parish lockdown. Men are getting antsy. This seems to have severely damaged …
Fully Dunce?
So, it’s COVID “season” and what has now become seasoned and percolating is this term “fully dunce” that has been going around in the Jamaican space. So, let’s unpack this a …
Too little too late
For some-time now, I have noticed a similarity in approach to governance by our leader and the President of the United States. The written letters of resignation that were a requirement …
Show me your revolution
A revolution is not a dinner party. Words to that effect were spoken by one of the 20th century’s greatest revolutionaries, Mao, and they are as relevant today as they were …