Beyond The Lightweights
By Alex Scott Recently the Prime Minister took time out of the budget debate to scoff at suggestions that he is a ‘lightweight’ on the international stage. In doing this he …
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 …
Ditch The Fear; Accept That Manufacturing Needs State Intervention, Protection And Planning
Jamaica’s manufacturing has, for decades, been anaemic. As a former plantation colony, we were never truly blessed with much manufacturing when independence was won in the 60s, and the ensuing decades …
Welcome 2021
2020 has been such a stressful year that I appreciate those who tried to make light of it with witty maxims. My personal favourite is “I did not enjoy 2020 so …