I know, I know. Listening to too much Damian Marley. But the construction is apposite – we are becoming more like Jamaica, daily. Case in point: Trinidad and Tobago has become more homicidal than Jamaica-while murders are decreasing there, the murder rate here is steadily on the rise…In 2005 Jamaica’s murder rate went up by … Continue reading Welcome to Trinidad→
Getting towards 5am. Still can’t sleep, what with the incessant coughing and the ludicrous tea drinking. Hmm. Does that mean I am drinking tea that is ludicrous, or rather, is it ludicrous that I am drinking tea? Hmm. Think am wired. Hmm. iTunes on shuffle. Currently Mighty Sparrow – Witch Doctor. But it was the … Continue reading Ambush in the Night→
This bloody country – bah! bah, I say. Political apathy isn’t laziness, isn’t cowardice, it is, for me, a manifestation of the disgust and the contempt that I feel for these pseudo-politicians, these wheelers and dealers, this kleptocracy, this excuse for a democracy. Don’t talk to me of PNM or UNC or Team Unity. Don’t … Continue reading Living in a Kleptocracy→