What Next For West Indies Cricket
West Indies Cricket has had some low points, losing to Bangladesh at home for the first time comes immediately to mind, but these past two years — from 2022 to 2023 …
Jamaica Election Day 2025 in Retrospect
Jamaica’s general election for 2025 has come and it has gone. When I look back to the elections of the 1970s, of the 1980s and of the 1990s, I have to …
Housing And Land, The Issues Of Our Time
The issue of land has, since at least 1838, been one of the most pressing topics on the minds of the Jamaican people. I would venture to say that land — …
Nothing Wrong With Countries Having an Agenda
China has an agenda, I think China has an agenda, beware of the Chinese agenda. These phrases and others like it are uttered by persons who are wary of interacting with …
The New Boss Is The Same As The Old Boss
The Who, a British band, had a major hit titled ‘Won’t get fooled again’. Many of us are too young to know the song but are all too familiar with the …
First World and Third World Nationalism
Nationalism is a hell of a thing. It has led to wars, revolutions, and acts of insanity. Nationalism was the defining characteristic of the 19th century, and the early half of …
Is China Colonialist?
China’s influence in the world has long sparked suspicion and envy. This is to be expected as such a giant country going from zero to one hundred in what seems no …
Whatever One Thinks Of Mugabe, Some Eternal Truths Must Not Be Forgotten
Earlier this year, the former revolutionary and president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe died in Singapore. His death has been greeted with mixed reactions in Zimbabwe and has forced many people, both …