Mel Cooke Misses The Point Again

Apologies if today’s blog doesn’t address as wide an audience as I might usually address. I am talking mostly to Continue reading →

Continuing The Conversation With Damion Crawford

  Dear Damion Crawford, First I must say maximum respect for responding to my open letter. That you would take Continue reading →

An Open Letter to Damion Crawford, MP

    Dear Damion Crawford   I write to you as a fellow Jamaican. I could show you my passport Continue reading →

Mario Deane Is Only A Statistic, But What An Awful Statistic It Is!

The case of Mario Deane represents a very human and tragic story — a story that should make us all Continue reading →

In Defence of Carolyn Gomes, and Human Rights in Jamaica

1. From Writing to Righting Say what you will of Dr Carolyn Gomes, even her worst critics must give her Continue reading →

And the war rages on in Gaza (that is – Gaza, Jamaica)

With place names such as Glasgow, Alps, Egypt, Bengal, Calabar, Berlin, Blenheim, Cardif, etc, it might seem possible within the Continue reading →

An Immoral Ignorance

1. Yesterday’s Ignorance My paternal great-grandmothers were ignorant women – one more so than the other. They did not mean Continue reading →

The Banning of the Drums; or ‘How to be a Good Nigger in Jamaica’

To fully understand the present moment, some say we must understand the past that has given birth to it. So Continue reading →