CommentariesMonday, May 20, 2013
Commentaries
Square pegs in State boardsIn decisively replacing the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) board, Finance Minister Larry Howai is demonstrating a no-nonsense approach that most citizens would surely approve of. Read More » Love is the answerMy library has more books on love than any other subject, so I guess that is an indication as to where my heart is; and no, all the books are not about romantic love, because romantic love is only part of the package. They run the gamut from parental love to loving others unconditionally. Read More » 
Into the river of memoriesFor some time I have been promising to acknowledge late British journalist Christopher Hitchens’ essay, “CLR James: Mid Off, Not Right On” in his classic volume, Arguably. Read More » 
The corruption plagueI would venture to assert that this current Government is the most corrupt we have seen in our brief political history. In a million different ways they violate all laws, standards and values of probity, honesty and good governance. Read More » 
The bright side of lifeWHAT’S the fastest way to spend $500 in Trinidad? Get your car wrecked, of course. Because with the five blue bills still warm from the ATM, I had to hand them over to two rather pleasant female constables... Read More » 
On foreign front, T&T hands full, or filling upThe visit later this month of US Vice President Joe Biden, and the attendant holding here of the equivalent of a Caribbean summit, call attention to this country’s standing in the region and the world. Those events underscore T&T’s international recognition and its responsibilities within Caricom and beyond. Read More » 
Yetunde’s themeSo many persons are asking: Where are we going? Is there any hope? The country is anxious and yet a pompous policeman tells us serious crime is down and there is no massive crime problem. Read More » 
Money, social power and good governanceWhenever elections come around, or where scandals involving the misuse of money for political ends such as we have witnessed in recent years, there are anguished discussions about what constitutes democracy, and what role money plays in either sustaining or subverting it. Read More » 
Heretic challenges faith, disturbs comfortLike people being nice to a tourist, correspondents to this column last Sunday dutifully suggested ATM locations closer to the National Academy for the Performing Arts than is One Woodbrook Place. Read More » 
Cut CAL to the boneIF ANYONE can produce proof that there was a time when this country’s state-owned national airline, in whatever incarnation, made a real profit over a sustained period, meaning at least one year, I would surrender my sanity and vote in the next election. Read More » Opportunity to make trade work?THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) has appointed a new director general. He is Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, Brazil’s long-serving ambassador to the organisation. Read More »
Please explain that slap on the wristA recent decision by a senior magistrate presiding in the Arima First Court has underscored, yet again, the urgent need for a sentencing policy which is consistent. Read More » Commentaries Headlines |
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