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The last stone
Saturday, December 07, 2013
THERE is a story about Marcus Garvey that has not been told before and deserves telling and retelling. In fact, it is a tale that should create reverberations across the continent of Africa. It is a local story, home-grown, from authentic sources, and known only to a few who were directly involved in its origin. It is no ...more
The ghost of Federation past
Friday, December 06, 2013
I'VE never set foot on the island of Nevis. The nearest I came to it was seeing it from the shore of St Kitts, the largest part of the two-island country. At the time that I visited, both islands were behaving like partners in a bad marriage. Smart o ...more
Why boycott Trinidad? Try Obamaland
Friday, December 06, 2013
The political strategy crafted from the "Trinidad 13" incident is a cautionary tale. The USA, UK, Barbados are high-profile border control screw-ups. We are entitled and will not allow due process to prevail, except with powerful friends. We bully sm ...more
If pretty people love themselves, are ugly people afraid of the mirror?
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Some years ago I read a magazine article which indicated that little babies responded to and were likely to smile at adults with pretty faces, just as they would respond to their mothers. In tests done, said the article, the babies showed some reluct ...more
Reconciliation with Trinidad
Thursday, December 05, 2013
It is the season of Advent. It is a time of hope. Christians around the world use this season to reflect on the sinful world that Jesus Christ came into at Christmas. As an extension of that we look at our own sins and seek forgiveness before the cel ...more
Going for growth in the J'can economy, a contractionary environment
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Dr Henley Morgan
On Thursday, November 26, 2013, in the same room of the same New Kingston hotel, there were two remarkable speeches. At a breakfast meeting of corporate leaders organised by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), the af ...more
Virgin birth claims debunked
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
YOU may have read it or heard it said that the biblical idea of Jesus having been born of a virgin is not only paralleled in other cultures but is drawn from one or more of these other cultures. The argument used is that, since the biblical idea is ...more
(Mis)understanding Media
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
I heard a real scientist speak recently. He is Charles McMillan, director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, one of two facilities in the United States performing classified work on the design of nuclear weapons.
I made note of two ...more
Should conscience votes matter?
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
THE recent revelation that Opposition and Jamaica Labour Party Leader Andrew Holness had required senators appointed by him to sign an undated letter of resignation has brought into sharp focus the uncomfortable reality that our so-called Westminster ...more
The ganja law of 1913: 100 years of oppressive injustice
Monday, December 02, 2013
THIS year marks the 100th anniversary of the Ganja Law of 1913. This law was rooted in fear and also in a tradition of law-making that discriminated against lower class black people. It is a racist law that epitomises the oppressive injustice of slav ...more
We're #1 for press freedom in Americas
Monday, December 02, 2013
Last week the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) celebrated an enlightening Journalism Week. Veteran editors Wyvolyn Gager, Janet Mowatt, Owen James, Franklin McKnight, and Godfrey Barnes were honoured for their vast body of work. Two icons of medi ...more
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