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 …
“Out of many,one people” – actual or aspirational in respect to Asian Jamaicans?
There were moments in my youth and in my early adult life when I heard it said that the problem in Jamaica was never about racism but one that was, more …
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 …
Endangered Species, Or Engendered Leeches?
You lay with him willingly, his seed growing inside you, running around you, the pitter-patter of their little feet trampling an almost sure path to the same place that the man …
Life’s Dilemma
Your life should always be geared towards entering. It should matter not to the actor in the overall grand scheme of things when one enters… for there are constant comings, …
An Opportunity For Radical Paradigm Shifts
Well here we are with the mixed bag update: The CAC letter to Flow seems to have worked partially. Technicians came to remedy the home phone and it is working reasonably …
Public Opinion And Me
The re-emergence of the name Public Opinion in Jamaican journalism is stuff that gladdens the heart. Especially mine. When I learnt in 1961 that the little weekly newspaper at Torrington …
The Soul Of The Matter
The hot topic at the race track these days is the long time it’s taking for Triple Crown winner Supreme Soul to return home after an unsuccessful tilt at the Caribbean …
Time For a Hall of Fame or National Sports Museum
The annual “thank you” for our athletes who have performed and brought this nation pleasure and joy over the past 12 months — known as the RJR/Gleaner Sports Foundation National Sportsman …
Continued And Innovative Tourism Development
With the recent opening of the Port Royal Cruise Terminal and Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport being selected at the World Travel Awards as the Caribbean’s leading airport it is clear …
Starting some engines that have been asleep for years
As 2020 rolls on my success rate is still low, but I am happy to report one success that could boost our expectations for a much improved year and timely responses. …