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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 6, 2011

  Jamaica At 49: Case For Celebrating

jamaica-gleaner editorial :     For sure, things could be better in Jamaica on this our 49th birthday. Crime is way too high, economic independence has eluded us for too long, the journey to achieve justice and equality has been long and arduous and universal...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 4, 2010

  The position of the Catholic Church in the Haitian political saga

By Jean H Charles: To eavesdrop on the locals and gauge the situation on the ground, instead of travelling by plane, I took the long road by bus from Port au Prince to the north of Haiti towards the city of Cape Haitian. My final destination being my hometown, the city of Grand River, where...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 13, 2010

  The giant with the seven-league boots (Part 1)

Reflections of Fidel I learned of it through Aristotle, the most famous philosopher in the history of humankind. Human beings are capable of marvelous actions or the very worst injustices. Their astonishing intelligence is capable of using the unalterable laws of nature for good...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 25, 2010

  Jamaica: Casualties of war

Casualties of war BY LLOYD B SMITH: FROM here on, Jamaica's checkered political history will be chronologically categorised as AD - Anno Dudus (in the year of Dudus), BD (before Dudus) and AD (after Dudus). And 2010 will forever be regarded as annus horribilis for all well-thinking,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 16, 2008

  The Washington meeting

Reflections by comrade Fidel: According to recent statements, some supportive governments do not cease to say they want to facilitate transition in Cuba. What kind of transition? Transition to capitalism, the only system they have absolute faith in. They do not say a word about the merits...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 15, 2008

  My expectations of Obama: between hope and fear

By: ABDULLAH AL-AHSAN* All human expectations always involve some degree of hope and fear. Barack Obama's election victory is certainly a huge transformation in history, and naturally it engages us in both. "Yes, we can" has created dreams and hopes, and under the circumstances, the...... [view]

Posted By:  RaquelEvita
Posted On:  Jul 24, 2008

  Watch what you wave

Last year, a friend and I were returning home after an afternoon out, and decided to take a longer route than usual. On the way, we passed a Jewish temple. We quickly noticed the prominence of the building, but more so we noticed the prominence of the flag waving above it. The Israeli flag...... [view]

Posted By:  ReillyY
Posted On:  Jul 2, 2008

  Gratitude on Canada Day

Paul Scott , winner of the Booker Prize (UK/1977) for his novel, Staying On , about the dying days of the British Raj also wrote four books on the same period in history: The Raj Quartet. One of his characters explains the “ ma/baap ” concept - the idea that England,...... [view]

Posted By:  KurraCee
Posted On:  Jul 3, 2008

  What It Means To Be American

This is a post i was invited to put on Eboo Patel's The Faith Divide blog, on Newsweek/Washington Post's On Faith website. let me know what you think! Guest Blogger: Blaxican and American By Kara Carrell Langston Hughes says that America was ... Read and post...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 5, 2008

  The Chinese Victory (Part I)

Reflections of Fidel: WITHOUT some basic historical knowledge, the subject I am dealing with could not be understood. In Europe, people had heard about China. In the autumn of 1298, Marco Polo told marvelous tales about an amazing country he called Cathay. Columbus, an intelligent and...... [view]

Posted By:  anurag007ch
Posted On:  Sep 8, 2007

  Passion,Patriotism and Orkut

Passion, Patriotism and Orkut.   I often ask myself, what is patriotism? How shall we define it and is our patriotism becoming virtual day-by-day or only seen on orkut debates, b-logs and discussion? Today the country thrives on the Internet world and is big time net savvy;...... [view]

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