Welcome to the Rock
Emergency! No planes can land in the United States. There’s been a terrible accident!! Or something?? All planes coming from Europe and the East diverted to a small island in the …
Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”
There was a time when corporal punishment was part and parcel of our Jamaican school system. It was, perhaps, a holdover from the old British colonial era. It was often abused …
Is new Syria good for the resistance?
The fall of the Assad Government in Syria was quick. In a matter of days, an army which was at a stalemate with its enemy was routed. We saw columns of …
Another Country
I was 14 in 1961 when my family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, from the United States for a one-year Fulbright appointment that my dad received. He was offered a position to …
Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) must be allowed to work
Public transportation is far too important to be treated flippantly. I hear one politician suggesting that we should scrap it and let the private sector run it. Where was he when …
Snapshots of genocide through the eyes of the U.S. Administration
“When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard, The cries, too, fall like rain in summer” — Bertolt Brecht, Selected …
No respect for women
Violence against women is, unfortunately, nothing new in this country. On any given day we will witness catcalling turning into verbal abuse, hear a man cuss out a woman dog rotten, …
Doctor, I still have hopes for America – am I mad?
“Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.”— Don Quixote, Cervantes I have lived within the continental United States for several decades now. …
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 …
Some critical development initiatives to 2032
In my last contribution to this publication, I highlighted some of the real positives worth celebrating in Jamaica after 63 years of self-government. The celebrations are now over and it’s time …
The Notebook
“If our teaching is to be an art, we must draw from all we know, feel and believe in order to create something beautiful. To teach well we do not need …