A President totally unhinged
Since the assumption of the presidency of the US by Donald Trump I have been describing that country’s politics as tragicomic. Comedy and tragedy...
30 August 2019
A President totally unhinged
Since the assumption of the presidency of the US by Donald Trump I have been describing that country’s politics as tragicomic. Comedy and tragedy...
23 August 2019
Garvey and racial consciousness in the 1920s and 1930s
IT IS DIFFICULT to think of anything else that could have contributed to the growth of racial consciousness at that time than the Garvey Movement and ...
16 August 2019
Remembering Patrice Reddock
What I remember most about Patrice is the occasion on which I first met her. This I am fond of relating because it says something about the kind of p...
09 August 2019
Politics does really mek us stupity!
I am appalled by the level of discourse in this country. If we are serious about lifting our country, we have to be honest to ourselves and be prepare...
02 August 2019
Remembering that Momentous Day
Yesterday, August 1, would have marked 181 years since our foreparents emerged from some of the darkest days in human history. It had been a long and...
26 July 2019
The Journey Continues
In this 40th year of the recovery of our independence we will be marking 181 years since our foreparents were freed from chattel slavery. Those 40 y...
19 July 2019
Back to reality
Carnival is over so we have to take off our masks and face the stark reality. I said begin, because some people are still in the carnival mode. On Fri...
12 July 2019
Carnival Afterthought
I welcomed the news that government was going to assess the economic impact of carnival. It is something I had been asking for before. What is strange...
05 July 2019
Calypso! Kaiso! Kaiso!
For me carnival is about calypso, steelband and mas. They would always be central to carnival. My focus here is on the calypso.Virtually every year th...
28 June 2019
West Indies team! Flattering to deceive!
I know it is carnival time, but I have to write about cricket. After Monday’s game against New Zealand, I went to John Keats: “My heart aches and ...
