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Monthly Archives: January 2008

On being the change I wish to see (and freaking out about it)

20-Jan-08

When I first left home, six years ago, I was resolved not to come back. Why should I? Trinidad, I declared, held nothing but bacchanal and botheration. I felt stifled there, and bored. I didn’t fit in. I needed to leave. So I left, and like so many other West Indians abroad, discovered that I [...]

Do they regret their errors?

13-Jan-08

“Each misspelled word, bad apostrophe, garbled grammatical construction, weird cutline and mislabeled map erodes public confidence in a newspaper’s ability to get anything right” – from a 1998 study commissioned by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, via Poynter Online Correct me if I’m wrong, but as far as I am aware, none of the [...]

Audaciously Hoping

06-Jan-08

(to the tune of Better Than Ezra’s Desperately Wanting) Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucuses – the first major nomination contest for would-be US presidents – inspired a frenzy of comment in the international media and blogosphere (Caribbean bloggers included). It should also inspire Trinbagonians – to demand more of our own politicians, and [...]

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