Large-scale oil reserves put Guyana in position to be major player in regional affairs
The United States should provide more aid to the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to avoid an influx of refugees from the region. That …
Sabotage of Build Back Better plan another act of one-sided class warfare
Poverty in the United States has been so pervasive that some adjunct professors, facing homelessness because of low pay, resorted to sleeping in their cars …
Colonialism’s latest reckoning: Looted national treasures
The British conquered all of India in 100 years and then ruled for another century. Economic exploitation was so massive “that its share of the …
DeSantis stoops to pander, and it’s working
Most African Americans did not vote for Ron DeSantis or his margin of victory in the 2018 election would have been at least a tad …
With Earth ailing and humankind in distress, rivalry for power and profits intensifies in space
The schizophrenia surrounding humankind’s attitude towards space was demonstrated when Russia shot down one of its own satellites on Nov. 15 to affirm its capability …
The tragedy of Jonestown, slated for an MGM movie, holds lessons for these times
Forty-three years after the Jonestown tragedy in the South American jungle in which some 950 mostly Americans died, Deadline Hollywood reported on Nov. 8 that …
People longing for strongman leaders should be careful what they wish for
Here is a brain teaser. But first the scenario: Donald Trump persuaded Georgia elections officials to “find” the 11,780 votes he asked for and several …
Blame Biden’s popularity decline on the bad hand he was dealt as he took office
Lengthy media reports have been pointing to the travails of the President whose misfortune it is to have succeeded Donald Trump because of the high …
The pandemic panorama: horse medicine, herd immunity and frogs in boiling water
Daytona Beach radio-host Marc Bernier died after being hospitalized for three weeks with COVID-19. Bernier, 65, told a guest on his show in December, “I’m …
America’s truly aggrieved are the descendants of slaves not of slave owners
In this time of coronavirus/COVID-19, “herd immunity” has become a familiar phase but there are two versions. One says that nobody should be vaccinated, allowing …