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
The news yesterday morning highlighted a fairly common scene. The PNP held a press conference speaking specifically to the emerging incidents of leptospirosis and the health threat posed to the nation in the aftermath of Melissa. At the podium was Dr Alfred Dawes, PNP spokesperson on health and in the background were party dignitaries headed … More Systems of predation / Systems of service
Tonight makes three weeks exactly since Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica after huffing and puffing and blowing herself up offshore to be the most powerful and devastating storm ever to have hit the island in remembered history. In the aftermath of the absolutely catastrophic, and in some cases, fatally tragic disaster, we the Jamaican … More Future-Focused
I am just now catching up with the goings on at CARIFESTA which took place in Barbados in August. This was a great disappointment for me. My intention was to have been there. This was to have been a stepping stone for me to return to the work I had begun with the indigenous peoples … More One story One song
I recently endured the agony of sitting through a discussion and being subjected to a very detailed description of the lurid details of the alleged sex life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. … More Scandalous Behaviour
Up to this point, scarcity of resources has served the human species extra-ordinarily well. It has been the source of all wars, the foundation of our economies, the impetus for all adventure, discovery and innovation. Although there is no substantial proof that any such condition actually exists in Nature* ( except when viewed through the … More The End is Near: Can we learn to cope with super-abundance?
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 recent issue of raised ‘cane’ (the pun should become obvious in a moment, and yes c-a-n-e, no unintended misspelling) over the Daryl Vaz sprinkling rum to bless and commission new school buses (that very well may have won his government the last election so he could have set an entire thanksgiving table with lit … More Fathers of our Faith and Cultural Continuity
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
