Commentary

It has been more than a month since Barack Obama announced his intention to normalise America's diplomatic relations and, where possible, use his executive authority to end the trade embargo on Havana.

Andrew Holness' major weakness as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has been his willingness to drift with the flow and a failure to offer the party fresh, compelling ideas. Even to outsiders, he is at risk of becoming, however long he serves, a comma in the transition between himself and his recent predecessor.

Over the last four months, I've been going to the Rockfort mineral bath almost every week. I decided this was excellent therapy for my unconfirmed chik-V. I'd been advised that I shouldn't lift weights because of the stress on the joints.

Hope springs eternal. It is the state of being that allows us to look forward to the new day. It makes specific our acceptance that the sun will rise tomorrow and there is a promise of better things to come.

Recently, on a windless day, while looking at a house in Trinidad that we were thinking of renting, my wife and children found a chair rocking merrily by itself.

One of the things we Jamaicans are passionate about is equality. There is nothing that evokes cries of "injustice!" more than when one group of persons seems to be favoured more than others.

The national Under-20 football team has crashed out ignominiously from the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers. The performance was not flattering. We suffered four defeats in five games.