Those of us who have followed Dr Robert Pape’s work, would by now be convinced of all the reasons to expect the upcoming US mid-term elections to be anything but business-as-usual in American politics. Even without his expert and so far dazzlingly accurate projections however, it would be clear to any observer the dilemma the … More The Calculus of War
In light of Byron’s announcement, I was hoping that the timely conversation on Religion and Regulation would have attracted more commentary from clergy. Only one comment giving feedback from out of the UK was posted, which I have replied to at the end of the article in a manner sure to attract some controversy. I … More Pros or Cons (with all the subtle puns intended)
I trust I have been sufficiently merciless this year in dealing with the twin issues of race and religion because the time is now come for settlement. The jury has been out far too long in the church. If they wont make up their minds, they are dispensable. There are times when the Great Judge … More The Grim Reaper
Unregulated religion wreaks havoc upon human society. We in the Caribbean and the Americas who have also been the victims of regulated religion (organized religion was chiefly responsible for the genocidal obliteration of our indigenous population, the trafficking and enslavement of the majority of our initial labour force and all the social havoc that that … More Religion and Regulation
Open and shut case. Clear verdict. Absolutely no need for judicial review: A simple mistake was made and 12 million items were wrongfully categorized as property when upon scrutiny, they turned out to be people after all (there were doubts at first) whose sovereignty had been egregiously transgressed. To right the wrong, the British government … More Convenient Justice, Inconvenient Truth
I’ve been overdue a commentary on Marcus Garvey’s Pan- African philosophy of Religion and after several drafts, and a rare bout of writer’s block, I’ve decided to take a detour into a related but separate matter I’ve been meaning to do for sometime on the Obeah Act of 1898… well it’s about more than that … More The Obeah Act
It is noteworthy that Garvey first addresses the issue of education, specifically what one does with it. What kind of education has the effect of alienating one from one’s own people? He speaks of the possible use of education to ‘slight, oppress or discourage’ one’s people. The insinuation is that there is a Phd that … More Education
There is such a thing as epistemic poison – A knowledge system and value set that either kills, stifles or redirects and coopts innate creativity to feed the lifeforms that vampirize the soul and its dreams. Such is the education that has its locus in European civilization to the soul of the African. The Indians … More Look for me in the worldwind
… as he who will not see. Chinese temporary constrainment of US / Israeli-caused global economic collapse was intended to be a measure signaling strength. But things have escalated beyond flexing for second place. With increasingly unredeemable damage to major oil infrastructure in the very heart of the global oil economy, Netanyahu’s madness is now … More There is none so blind
When Xi Jinping visited Jamaica in 2009, I was asked to learn and play the Chinese National anthem at his state reception dinner. I remember going to great lengths to ensure that the sound would be as grand as any orchestra he had heard, befitting the occasion. He was then of course Vice-President and although … More Worlds apart
