Commentary
COMMENTARY: Regarding actor Brad Pitt’s recent claim in support of the legalization of gay marriage
July 12, 2011 | Comments: 25Actor Brad Pitt is incorrect in stating (in support of homosexual marriage) that it is a “Constitutional right [for someone] to marry the person they love, no ...
Shame on CARICOM
July 12, 2011 | Comments: 20I note with disbelief that a meeting of Caricom leaders in St. Kitts expressed solidarity with Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi, the butcher of Libya, but said nothing ...
COMMENTARY: Regarding the Casey Anthony verdict in Florida
July 8, 2011 | Comments: 6Regardless of her real innocence or guilt, Casey Anthony’s acquittal of murder signals a great victory for justice over the death penalty which is barbaric, ...
COMMENTARY: Have we been brainwashed or bribed?
July 8, 2011 | Comments: 17Somehow some in our sometimes very myopic society people misconstrue expressions on the state of our community as a ploy for attention or political mileage. I for ...
Regarding the AP article “China ordination raises tensions with Vatican”
July 6, 2011 | Comments: 10You can’t bargain with the devil! This should be clearly understood by Vatican officials who persist in establishing, at all costs, improved relations with ...
COMMENTARY – US foreign policy: Isolationism or interventionism?
July 5, 2011 | Comments: 1“Beware the insidious wiles of foreign influence.” In fervent warning, this message now transcends the stages of American politics in a new Republican platform ...
COMMENTARY: It all looks familiar
July 1, 2011 | Comments: 48As I ponder three separate and unrelated news stories in the media I cannot avoid a temptation to ask how they are related to events unfolding in Dominica and what ...
COMMENTARY: Fighting for change so that no one has to suffer alone
June 26, 2011 | Comments: 81The role of the homosexual in Caribbean society has never been properly explored. We have all the names- funny, batty bwoy, nasty boy, nasty girl, anti man, buller ...
COMMENTARY: Caribbean football in turmoil as bribery soap opera continues
June 23, 2011 | Comments: 4In the wake of Jack Warner’s resignation from international football, officials of Caribbean Football Union member associations may be experiencing emotions of ...
COMMENTARY: God is not a Christian
June 17, 2011 | Comments: 41The following is excerpted from the Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s new book, ‘God Is Not A Christian: And Other Provocations.’ It was delivered as a ...
COMMENTARY: The sources of Chinese conduct
June 15, 2011 | Comments: 2Six decades ago, the American diplomat George Kennan wrote an article, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” that galvanized American and world opinion, ...
COMMENTARY: Cuba’s Fidel Castro Ruz – Has history absolved him?
June 15, 2011 | Comments: 10In this commentary on Cuba’s Fidel Castro Ruz, Dominican writer, Rebecca Theodore asks- has history absolved him? “But I do not fear prison, as I do not fear ...
COMMENTARY: No Caribbean society
June 11, 2011 | Comments: 2At their retreat in Guyana on May 21 and 22, Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Heads of Government are reported to have noted that the preamble to the ...
Six hurricanes predicted for this season
May 29, 2011 | Comments: 5MIAMI– The United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an above-average hurricane season this year. NOAA says there is a ...
Common misconceptions about Allah, part two
May 26, 2011 | Comments: 41The oppressive nature of Christianity in Europe resulted in the divorce of church and state. Secularism and secular democracy has become the order of the day. Why? ...