Admittedly, Trump is a bit of a character and there is a certain level of cinematic drama involved with invading a country, kidnapping its president and dragging him through the streets of your cities limping in leg-chains. Why not go ahead and say it? Its gangster. But there really is no spectacle here, not really. … More The Law of US Almighty
My soul dances within me every time I hear it. It is one of the sweetest sounds in all creation. The sound of genuine heart-bottom-felt gratitude. Of all aspects of the Nativity Narrative, it is Mary’s most beautiful song that emotes me most deeply, reminding me that the grace of giving is not only (or … More Principles of Magnificat
I’d like to sincerely wish one and all a very merry Christmas, but how can I? I’m ending the year as I began it recognizing the utter vanity of tradition if we are not prepared to protect and preserve it. As far as Christmas is concerned, I’ve long repudiated the Johnny Mathis and Bing Crosby … More Black Christmas
I rarely use my blog for activism. It generally is my arena for philosophical reflection whenever I cannot identify conversation partners. This will be an exception. These are exceptional times. Exceptional approaches are warranted. To borrow some of Mia Motley‘s words, we are likely to be living in a multi-crisis environment for some time. We simply have to … More Captain of my soul
Neither the United States of America nor Jamaica are Christian nations. Although the religious right in both countries are known for spinning a yarn of imaginative narrative inferring the contrary, the facts are clear. The history of the Church in the Jamaican Genesis, as is the case with the entire indigenous population of the Americas, … More On Christian Nations and Unchristian Nations
The construction of the past is as much an effort of imagination as of memory, although one could argue that memory is more involved with the construction of the past and imagination with the construction of the future; however the reverse position is not untenable. Imaginations of the future involve a calculus of memory. Equally, … More The Zenith
Regardless of who wins at the end of the day, successive Jamaican governments and especially their presiding prime ministers are not just exceptional, but phenomenal human beings. Whether Andrew is returned to high office, or asked to take a temporary break, he has given yeoman service to the Jamaican people; his track record of achievement … More Standing Ovation
I spent Marcus Garvey’s birthday visiting the Haitian refugee camp in St Mary. It is hard to determine exactly how many have arrived on the island by boat. It is almost certain that some have evaded our Coast Guards and found a way to integrate into informal settlements around the island, but the government of … More The Least of These
This blog is now 18 years old. It was started on the 4th of July 2007 with the post Happy Birthday Norman. I often say, I haven’t had a new idea in 25 years. What I do in these blogs is water the same mind seeds with more and more focus and attention with the … More Seeds
The connection between unity and integrity is often missed because our modern epistemology, founded on the premise of Individualism and randomness cannot fathom a notion such as the parallelism of spheres, so intuitively grasped by ancient cultures more attune to the collective dimension than the individual and to notions of divine order rather than randomness … More Divine Division / Diabolic Integrity
