From the monthly archives:

April 2006

What Andrew Allen says about immigrant labour

25 April 2006

is very interesting indeed.  I would not argue this point, nor have I ever done so, but it’s worth a close look.  He has a point, and it’s worth paying attention to it.
… Haitian labour actually retards our workforce and economy in a number of ways, none of which are good for the long-term development [...]

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The Palm Tree Lined Prison: More fallout from the Mountain

25 April 2006

It’s not unusual for the rest of the Caribbean to be judged according to Jamaica. After all, to those people north of our sea-borders, we are all the same; we’re all not-white (and presumably one step removed from savages as a result), we’re all islands, we’re all kinda pretty, quaint and laid-back.
These days, we’re [...]

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Waiter Rant

22 April 2006

So this is a blog written by a waiter who’s also being a writer. It’s great! Course, waiting tables in NYC is different from waiting tables in Nassau, Bahamas, but it goes to show that service and servitude are states of mind, not states of being.
Check it out.
Then check out what the Chicago [...]

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A little something from Governor’s Harbour

21 April 2006

This was taken in Governor’s Harbour earlier this month, during travels fro the National Arts Festival adjudications.  It was a glorious day.

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Larry Smith on the so-called Gay Agenda

21 April 2006

Over on Bahama Pundit, Larry Smith responds to a letter from a trio of pastors published in the Tribune in response to the media firestorm about Brokeback Mountain.
Here’s an excerpt:
Pastor Lyall Bethel (of Grace Gospel Chapel) and others recently drew our attention to the “Homosexual Agenda” to take over the world.
After much research we were [...]

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A little something for non-conservative Christians to think about

19 April 2006

I just discovered this post, by Amy Sullivan. Though it’s nearly two years since it was posted, it’s still a good read.
I specially liked this bit (read all the way to the end to find it):
… when the only Christian-themed entertainment in the marketplace is laced with conservatism, Christianity itself will increasingly take on [...]

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How do we know what we’ve done for forty years ain’t working?

18 April 2006

Because we have to do it again and again.
I’ve already linked to the question of how we’ve responded to our Haitian immigrants. Our governments are bankrupt of ideas, and, predictably, they resort to what every person can understand: violence and persecution.
Here’s what the Miami Herald has to say:
NASSAU, Bahamas – Nearly six decades [...]

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It’s not that I plan to write about political stuff all the time…

17 April 2006

It’s that sometimes you just can’t help it.  Along with the absurdity of the ban on BBM, we also have the promise of tough tactics to combat illegal immigrants.
It’s already started in North Eleuthera.

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Trinidad

17 April 2006

In addition to sitting in meetings for three days, and then sitting on planes for two more, we were treated to a number of activities (in the evenings, natch). They were all related to culture, and they were all stimulating in different ways.
On the first night, the members of the Interim Festival Directorate of [...]

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Where I don’t want us to go

12 April 2006

This report, lodged in TIME, calls Jamaica “the most homophobic nation on earth”, but observes that the Caribbean doesn’t do very well on the whole with homosexuality and homophobia.
And I quote:
Brian wears sunglasses to hide his gray and lifeless left eye—damaged, he says, by kicks and blows with a board from Jamaican reggae star Buju [...]

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