We can parrot it from memory no doubt though you and I are not lawyers (thus ‘unlearned’ in legal terms). Given what’s trending in the USA, the maxim may irritate and disgust you if you are a Trumpite but perhaps …
Author: Clinton Chisholm
Pre-Valentine Thoughts on Love/Dating
If asked to define love, we probably would do no better than the Jamaican taxi driver who was telling the tourist how nice ackee was with codfish. The tourist then asked him to spell ackee to which he replied, “In Jamaica …
Popular but Untrue Beliefs
When critics attack the Church one of their favourite charges is the alleged scandal of how the Church treated Galileo and his scientific ideas. Though it will shock you much of this allegation is baseless even though sincerely held by …
Impressive Inaugural Poetess
The Young, Gifted and Black Ms. Amanda Gorman delivered a powerful and poignant piece at yesterday’s inauguration of President Biden. This morning I caught a portion of her interview on GMA and heard her say she suffered from a speech …
Christian Musicians Did What?
Free thinkers like Ricardo McKenzie, despite their animus with the Church and Christianity need to heed the Jamaican maxim “beat the dawg an geem im dues”, in other words be fair, balance criticism with compliment.
It is beyond controversy that …
Christianity’s Positive Impact on Western Civilization
In his open letter to our PM publicized today (January 6), Mr. Ricardo McKenzie highlighted some dark spots on the Church’s record in societies but was generally excessive, factually wrong and underinformed on some issues.
His excessive language and most …