After what appeared a fiasco this past Sunday and a review of Dr. Strange, a sci-fi which explores the concepts of time and eternity and the purpose of man in both, my reflections have returned to the theme of time and how we function in it. In Jamaica we have a special term for being … More On time
James spoke about the concept of ‘pure religion’ . There is also, whether one wants to believe in it or not, pure politics. Obviously, whenever human power is concentrated, and hidden from public view, there will be money and sex excesses. Once one has access to power, there is the discovery of the raw truth … More Pay attention
The key word in law and order is ORDER. And the key question is “Whose order” should our law and ordinances maintain? The US police force may or may not have as colorful a history as our JCF whose genesis is linked historically to the suppression of the Morant Bay Insurrection, but in terms of … More Utopianism or Law and order?
Utopianism and pragmatism are poles apart, and ever conscious of the specter of being dismissed as utopian, I have been very encouraged in the last ten years of seeing aspects of the vision I hold of the future finding a place of establishment within the culture, even if marginally so. It demonstrates that whatever we … More Utopianism or a brave new future?
Pat Robertson says that Floyd’s killer should be charged with first degree murder and his three accomplices thrown into jail. He said if it was up to him, Chauvin (what a prophetic name), the white culprit would be quickly thrown into jail, always heavily populated with black men, so that they should ‘deal with him … More Awake!
From the vantage point of the establishment, the nationwide protests engulfing America can be the beginning of the end. The cry on Fox news is stop the hooligans now! From the standpoint of the uprising, this can be the beginning of change. A dispassionate view of history reveals that almost every major government and religion … More From Desegregation to Dis-integration
The manipulation of public sentiment and opinion (in that order) in the pursuit of power is almost a definition of our real politik and is as old a practice as human civilization. So, while mindful of new lows in artful execution, yes sparked by the self acclaimed and publicly confirmed (by followers and foes alike) … More More about the choice
There are only two methods of influencing people (i.e getting them to do stuff or to want to do stuff): control or inspiration. There is no other way. Very simply, everybody has a will. That’s what allows us to choose. Either I am going to exercise that will or someone else will (pun intended). In … More On being and becoming
To understand Trumpism without rancor or bitterness, one has to be able to appreciate the conundrum that America now finds herself in. Now I know I’ve given my insecure Trumpian friends cause to unjustly accuse me of Trump bashing. Struggling with the incredulity, from my point of view, of that movement’s seemingly successful usurpation or … More We the people and voter fraud 1
Watching and listening to the ongoing noise in US Politics – The latest on Manaforte, Flynn, Cohen, ‘Obamagate’ etc could make one wonder that the church of Jesus Christ could get involved with such perversity….only if one is naive. The church of Jesus Christ throughout the centuries and continuing today has been responsible for aiding, … More The spirit of Anti-Christ
