First Published On:Monday, May 23, 2011 in the Tribune newspaper. I write today’s Insight with some sadness, knowing that one of my number one advocates – the late, great Jackson Burnside – will not be around to open the paper this morning to feast on my insights. He was a person I trusted with my most precious dreams and most …
What next for Branville McCartney?
First Published On:Monday, March 28, 2011 in the Tribune newspaper. MY mother’s favourite cousin is someone she calls, “the most conceited person she ever knew.” He was a larger than life man who practised regularly what he called his “killer smile.” Legend has it he would stand in front of the mirror and practise his swagger. He would stroke his …
Time to stop prostituting Haitians
First Published On: Thursday, February 03, 2011 in the Tribune newspaper. Haitians have been migrating to the Bahamas for centuries. For race-based reasons, it was a problem in the early 19th century. While the racial legacy formed itself in the post-colonial psyche of African and non-African Bahamians, the modern problem is driven by other issues, like erratic fear, selfish politics …
What can we learn from Haiti and Egypt?
Published On: Monday, February 21, 2011 in the Tribune newspaper. “Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” Ambrose Bierce, American journalist, satirist. I found this quote on the e-mail signature of Philip “Brave” Davis, deputy leader of the Progressive Liberal Party. Tribune editor in chief, Paco Nunez, once used …
DNA maintains, discriminatory rape law stays
Published On: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in the Tribune newspaper. Five little words, with six letters or less, are at the root of a controversial amendment to the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act. The words “who is not a spouse”, included in the legal definition of rape, caused the firestorm in 2009 when the government attempted to remove them. …