In Focus

Monday night, June 20, 2016, I gave my young son 'The Talk'. Not about the birds and the bees, but about the systemic prejudice built into the American judicial/police structure. I spoke about dealing with the police, generally, and, specifically,...

The lunatics are now in total control of the asylum. On Tuesday, Jamaica's attorney general promised ordinary citizens' constitutional rights "may have to be abrogated, abridged or infringed because ... the evidence we are examining convinces us...

My long-term memory is as sharp as an old lady's mouth, and it seems like yesterday that soldiers and policemen, dressed in fatigues, with long guns and ugly faces, told me to "come outa di cyar!"It has been a long time since I've been made to feel...

After the learned Queen's Counsel attorney general recited her constitutional CV as leader of the Bar and chief legal adviser to the Government in Parliament Tuesday, she immediately made explicit her contempt for the Constitution when she...

In just over a week, the English opted out of the European Union (EU) and, reciprocally, Iceland gave them the cold shoulder, cramping them 2-1 in the Euro 2016 soccer competition. All eyes were on Britain when Turkey, another European country, one...

Integrity and vision. If you could sum up Norman Washington Manley in two words, it would be those two. They are words largely absent from today's politics in a world where we tend to leave vision to external entities like the IMF, the Washington...

What if PATH beneficiaries could receive their benefits via their mobile phones? Yes, even the not-so-smart phones. Better yet, what if mobile PATH payments became the catalyst for a much larger, national mobile financial services ecosystem? Mobile...

The fixation of the world on Britain's dramatic decision to exit the European Union (EU) again highlights the interconnectedness of the international community and the impact of globalisation. Politicians around the world continue to behave as...

The full implications of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union (EU) for CARICOM and Jamaica, in particular, cannot yet be known. Much will depend on the terms of the disengagement that are still to be negotiated and how the UK will...

When a man is 'right', he's RIGHT. So it came to pass last Sunday when Booklist Boyne, having either matured markedly or surrendered suddenly, penned a column of such superb sensitivity; thoughtful precision; and philosophical perfection that I had...

Those who knew and said ('Giving God a bad name', Gleaner, March 3, 2016, et al) that the promised $1.5-million tax threshold was operationally untenable, except applied across the board, and financially unaffordable without new taxes, may have...

The David Simmons-led commission of enquiry on Tivoli has delivered an even-handed, balanced, eminently fair, rigorous, and first-rate report, which has done justice to its terms of reference and has vindicated the aggrieved.One gets accustomed to...