Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
If you haven’t already read my previous commentaries below, it might be helpful to do so before proceeding. Many donors found the most recent one (dated September 6) heartwarming and encouraging. Most notably, it features a video of my brother (the bishop) and sister (the master chef) preparing meals for displaced residents. Donations in Action… Read more.
I have written many commentaries decrying the way natural disasters often befall those least able to cope. But this time it’s personal. Hurricane Dorian has wind speeds of [185 mph and gusts of 225 mph], making it the strongest hurricane in modern records [as it bears down on the northwestern Bahama islands of Abaco and… Read more.
I appreciate your inquiries about how my family and friends in the Caribbean weathered Matthew. Even though proverbial sitting ducks, they all hunkered down, and we all prayed for the best. Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, slammed into the Bahamas early on Thursday and intensified as it barreled toward the southeastern… Read more.
In “Referendum on Equal Rights in The Bahamas Is ‘Unnecessary’, Despite Dame Sawyer,” May 18, 2016, I expressed misgivings about the country of my birth subjecting the constitutional rights of fellow citizens to a referendum. I reasoned, in part, that the rights of citizenship at issue are necessarily implied in existing constitutional provisions. Further that we only… Read more.
Frankly, I am stupefied that this country of my birth is holding a referendum on June 7 to decide whether men and women should enjoy the same constitutional rights – primarily with respect to citizenship. Prime Minister Perry Christie presented the four amendments at issue during the launch of his “YES Bahamas Campaign – Equal Rights… Read more.
The world has been preoccupied in recent months with the man-made devastation still unfolding in Syria, which has triggered an unprecedented migration crisis in Europe. But Hurricane Joaquin is Mother Nature’s way of reminding us that she is capable of wreaking horrific devastation too. And, when Mother Nature charts her path of wrath, all one can do… Read more.
The tragic death of Dr. Myles Munroe shocked The Bahamas. It evoked a national outpouring of grief that was unprecedented. Moreover, ongoing eulogies seem intended to put him on a fast track to sainthood. We should eulogize him, of course. But let’s resist the temptation to canonize him. This post is in that vein. Indeed, I waited this long to publish… Read more.
In 2002 voters in The Bahamas rejected a national referendum “to change the Constitution to eradicate language that made men superior to women” – as the February 12, 2012, edition of the Nassau Guardian framed the issue. I was so shocked and dismayed that I wondered aloud if we were vying to become the new… Read more.
The Bahamas celebrates 41 years of independence today. I heartily join in hailing our motto: “Forward, Upward, Onward, Together” … my Bahamaland! We are a nation of only 320,000 people. Yet not even the political and cultural hegemony of the United States can chasten our national pride. But this is precisely why we make such… Read more.
To be honest, folks, I’m pooped. Watching (or staring at) as much streaming video as I have over the past two weeks is probably not good for my health … to say nothing of my already failing eyesight. Never mind the irony inherent in the cause for this being my addictive interest in watching the healthiest… Read more.
