Hit ’em with the rod of correction Hit ’em with the rod of correction Hit ’em with the rod of correction Lot’s wife turn a pillar of salt – Clancy Eccles Symbols are said to be the basis of all human understanding and serve as vehicles of conception for all human knowledge. They facilitate understanding of the world in which […]
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has sought to brush aside remarks made by former President Barack Obama about the Pollyanna view held by African American or other minority candidates within the Republican Party about America’s history, but should he? “There’s no higher compliment than being attacked by President Obama,” Scott said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” The former President […]
In The Tempest, Shakespeare wrote, “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” However, that phrase has been reworded in recent years to “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” The literal meaning of the quote is that people with nothing in common may come together solely because of shared political interests. Today, we have seen more and more bedfellows crawling out from the […]
Lisa Hanna, in the second of her two-part series titled the “tale of two Jamaica’s,” published in the Jamaica Observer dated June 04, 2023, is insightful, informative, and forthright. Her critique of the ongoing saga regarding the recent increase in government salaries should serve as a call for all politicians to look within themselves and consider whether they have leveraged […]
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has retained his position as the President of Turkey in the country’s recent general election, thus giving him control of the reins of power for another five years. The 69-year-old leader is no neophyte; he served as Turkey’s prime minister from 2003 to 2014. He also served as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998 and has […]
The increase is too much! Roll back the increase now! Ali Baba and the forty thieves! Politicians are just feathering their own nests! Unconscionable and immoral! The above is some of the utterances in the public sphere since the Andrew Holness-led administration announced a mammoth salary increase for the political directorate. The increase has stirred up the hornet’s nest, and […]
According to press reports, United States Vice-President Kamala Harris is set to meet with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders on June 8. The topics for discussion will be centered around “pressing global concerns, including climate change, energy management, food security, and the process of rebuilding in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Press Secretary Clint Watson. However, this meeting should […]
Senator Lindsey Graham (R.S.C) has made several utterances about the ongoing war against Russia that puts him at odds with many of the leading spokespersons of his party. In a recent meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Graham insisted that U.S. President Joe Biden should send more weapons to Ukraine in addition to the more than $35 billion worth of […]
It has become a ritual for the House of Representatives and the Senate to ‘trade punches’ every year at this time in raising the debt ceiling. Under normal circumstances, this would be a no-brainer since all Washington is doing is paying for the debt it has incurred over the past year. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has already warned of […]
Today, we live in an intensely competitive world, and only the naïve among us would play blind to what obtains in the underbelly of world politics. In other words, one can no longer take things at face value. Let’s take the case of China’s high-altitude balloon that recently breached the U.S. air space. According to reports out of China, the […]
