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By Aldington "Junior" Murray July 4, 2025

The Russian roulette of travelling out of and into the USA

The term Russian roulette is the practice of loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then pulling the trigger while pointing the gun at one’s …

Issue # 211

The Russian roulette of travelling out of and into the USA

July 4, 2025

To prevent athletes from switching allegiance

July 4, 2025

Our education system is in serious crisis

July 4, 2025

Eye movements and reading

July 4, 2025
By James Moss-Solomon October 29, 2020

Heavy Rains Highlight The Treadmill Of Corruption

The recent heavy rains across the island have exposed our dirty underwear or at least our dirty infrastructure in so many ways. The practices over the decades have been corrupted by …

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By The Abeng July 23, 2020

Five stalwarts to whom Jamaica owes a debt of gratitude

The old adage ,” Treat every child as a King or Queen because you  do not know which one is going to wear the  crown” is always a useful guide for …

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By Danny Roberts June 10, 2020

Emancipation and Reparation

There is understandable scepticism as to whether the wave of protests, following on the murder of George Floyd, will provide any lasting and sustained justice for blacks in the United States. …

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By Ewart Walters February 20, 2020

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 …

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By Danny Roberts December 26, 2019

Trapped! Oh Yeah!

 When Jimmy Cliff wrote and recorded the song Trapped in 1972, it was about a relationship with a woman, and the influence or spell she had on him that, despite his …

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By James Moss-Solomon August 8, 2018

Emancipendence, Garvey and the charade that passes for a modern Jamaica

The recently coined word “Emancipendence” has been cleverly used to describe two quite separate events that culminated over 100 years apart. They do, however, represent two cooperative efforts that transcended racial …

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By James Moss-Solomon August 4, 2017

Culture Interruptus

The English language has been the adopted (forced) communication methodology of an enslaved people as Bob Marley said “stolen from Africa, brought to America”. Languages of the ancient Africans, not written …

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