American politicians run from the ‘t-word’ like its an unwanted babymother. Taxes. So many politicians have won or lost their jobs based on that concept. And every politician who has won his job based...
Jamaica is celebrating its 50th year of Independence… an important milestone no doubt, but one which despite the celebrations, is fraught with self-doubt regarding our development. We aren’t where we should be and not...
It was the best of times, the worst of times. Today this opening line from Charles Dickens is not restricted to a tale of two cities, but repeats itself everywhere, all over the world. ...
If you are a democrat right now you should be laughing like hell. If you are a republican, you’d have to be crying yourself to sleep every night. The republican primaries, the...
So we are in year 2012 with 350+ days to go. Like every other new year, we say this is gonna be an interesting year… and like any other time, it always will be...
The year where the world is predicted to come to a crashing end, is about to begin. Perhaps absolutely fitting for not only this column, but for the political happenings of both...
If there’s one thing sure to get a slightly vegetative Jamaican blogger out of his slumber, its the Bruce Golding’s announcement of his intention of early resignation as party leader and Jamaica’s prime minister....
I’ve been waiting for and seeing interesting fallouts from the recent British riots. Two of the more interesting consequences are whom the establishment and media continue to blame, and the actions taking in the...
There are several interesting things about the recent riots in England, one of which is the propaganda campaign run by the conservative government. That is, to make the riots seem much different to what...
While I have not been shaken from my belief that much of the debt crisis thingy was about both parties ganging up to send the teaparty into needed retirement, I must admit concerns about...