I may have the dubious distinction of having initiated what has become an undue focus on the rate of reversals of Court of Appeal decisions by the United Kingdom Privy Council.
Black lightning struck twice in the same place in the same country almost exactly four years to the date. One can be forgiven for now calling him the Barack-to-Barack winner.
The statement on the perimeter wall demarcating the zoned area for a proposed science and technology park south of Beijing was consistent with the message being transmitted by Chinese technocrats and business leaders. It read, "Transition from made in China to created in China."
Barack Obama has been asked by the Electoral College, as directed by voters, to continue in the White House for another four years. This is his second and final term. Term limits for the presidency were only imposed by Congress after Franklin Delano Roosevelt had won four consecutive terms and died in office in 1945.
Basking in the resplendent glory of Obama's political victory last Tuesday, it is easy to lose sight of the reality that the United States is still a country sharply divided between two opposed visions of itself, a nation in the throes of an identity crisis.
Most Jamaicans, including those in the intelligentsia, have missed the real significance of the Obama victory, blinded by sentiment, symbolism and our ubiquitous parochialism ("What will this mean for Jamaica?" "Mi haffi support the black man!").
Once can be accident. Twice is purpose. On November 6, the United States, with eyes wide open, deliberately re-elected a black man as its president. In my opinion, for two reasons, this is even more historic than the 2008 election.
It is widely accepted that information and communications technologies (ICT) are an ever-important enabler of sustained economic growth. Within this context, the second goal of the ICT Sector Plan of Vision 2030 is that Jamaica's national development will be advanced by widespread adoption and application of ICT.
That the latest national census has shown that mainline churches are declining and that the newer, more Pentecostal-Charismatic churches, as well as the unconventional Seventh-day Adventists are growing, might be less significant than the fact that...
Forced to take an elective during my freshman year at engineering school at the University of Toronto, I chose a literature course which included a play called 'Waiting for Godot'.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." - Abraham LincolnAs IT prepares to vote this Tuesday, the 'United' States finds itself more divided ideologically than at any time since the Civil War.
She should be perhaps more appropriately called Windy than Sandy, although the residents of Harbour View and other beach communities might agree with her name, as the sea and beach have moved closer to home.
The Gleaner has done an excellent job in reporting on the decline in membership of traditional churches and the rise of the Adventists and Pentecostals/Charismatics, drawing on statistics from the latest Jamaican census.
Only days after the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) released the details of the Population and Housing Census 2011, showing that the population grew only marginally...
So, the numbers are in, and unlike opinion polls, we have seen the most accurate measure of Jamaican demographics possible. Almost everyone, his brother, spouse, wife, sweetheart, grandparents and other relatives have been counted.
This is the first in a two-part Gleaner series that examines scenarios for the upcoming US presidential election. This week's column traces probable scenarios that could produce a Romney win on November 6. Next week's column will examine the prospects for an Obama win.
I am increasingly disturbed by a growing - indeed, galloping - intolerant view of tolerance. Tolerance is being subtly and manipulatively redefined as a mask for crass intolerance. Liberals are the main purveyors of this illiberal view. It is pernicious. And it must be called out.
