23 March 2012
Thriller at Arnos Vale!

Thriller at Arnos Vale!


The West Indies win over Australia in the second ODI match at the Arnos Vale Playing Field on Sunday and the Government’s decision to declare T...
16 March 2012
Concluding my series on the race conversation

Concluding my series on the race conversation


I never imagined that there would have been so much unease with the call for a discussion of race. What is even more astonishing is that the persons e...
09 March 2012
The race conversation

The race conversation


The conversation that has been going on now for a couple of weeks has been described as a conversation about race, but any conversation about race in ...
02 March 2012
Continuing the conversation on race

Continuing the conversation on race


The day after the Oscars, the Daily Beast (a news reporting and opinion website) carried a story about Viola Davis, the black actress who was nominate...
24 February 2012
The Call for a  Conversation on Race

The Call for a Conversation on Race


In last weekend newspapers under the caption, “Can we talk about Race, Maia Eustace calls for “open, uncomfortable and sustained discussion ...
17 February 2012
Outrage

Outrage


It appears to me that we are not getting the kind of public outrage that is needed for some of the despicable, atrocious and horrifying things that ar...
10 February 2012
The Botanic Garden  – In Preparation for its 250th Anniversary

The Botanic Garden – In Preparation for its 250th Anniversary


It is good to know that preparations are underway for the restoration of the Botanic Garden as part of the celebration of its 250th anniversary in 201...
03 February 2012
José Marti, Cuban National Hero  – a brief look

José Marti, Cuban National Hero – a brief look


When we identify ourselves today, we do so primarily as members of the Commonwealth Caribbean, and specifically as English speaking people, despite th...
27 January 2012
An Olive Branch in a Climate  of Madness?

An Olive Branch in a Climate of Madness?


I cannot help but continue to marvel at the madness that prevails in this country and which we see through acts of cruelty, disregard for regulations,...
20 January 2012
Conversation with Elma

Conversation with Elma


There are probably more Vincentians in the ‘Diaspora’ than they are at home, and when we add to this the fact that many of them would at lea...