The Editor Speaks: Old and discriminated against. If I can’t be the young and handsome St George – I’ll be the Dragon.
‘“ We are all familiar with racism and sexism – but what about “ageism?” ‘“Ageism” was first defined by Dr. Robert Butler in 1968 as “a systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people because they are old.” “Social scientists agree…
The Editor Speaks: Regulations and more regulations
In the Cayman Islands we were once blessed with common sense regulations that were easy to understand and were pivotal to being blessed with charities. We rely heavily upon them and without their existence the welfare of our poor and…
The Editor Speaks: Prayer Power
“Oh dear Colin is getting religious, AGAIN!” Yes, he is, especially after the disgusting ‘joke’ made against Vice President Mike Pence, that I mentioned in a previous Editorial. The ‘joke’ inferred if you believe God talks back to you after…
The Editor Speaks: It is dumb to act dumb.
Why do governments play the dumb dumb game? Are they frightened of lawsuits if they open up and tell us the truth? It doesn’t matter to them that employees who are on full paid leaves of absence for months and…
The Editor Speaks: Mocking religious beliefs
It is now common place and acceptable to mock people who have religious faith, especially if you are a Christian. The recent example by Joy Behar and Omarosa Manigault on the ABC show “The View” was appalling. They mocked the…
The Editor Speaks: Pop-ups
Virtually every Internet website I log onto (excepting ours) has these annoying pop-ups. Most are ads and others want to know where I’m located. Yes, I know you can use ad-blocker and settings in your web-browser. However, when you do…
The Editor Speaks: Fat Tuesday
It’s been quite a few days here in the Cayman Islands: Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day. I have already mentioned Ash and Valentine so I am going to concentrate on Fat Tuesday, also known as Shrove…
The Editor Speaks: Love and Valentine
Legend has it that there was a priest named Valentine who performed secret marriages when an emperor ordered that no young men should be married because they would be better soldiers in the war. Another legend tells the story of…
The Editor Speaks: The lynch mob
I love Westerns. Always have. If there was a western on at the local cinema I begged my mother to take me. Then along came television. And there were westerns galore for me to watch. The scenes I hated and…
The Editor Speaks: I opened the window and in flew Enza
There was a little girl, and she had a little bird, And she called it by the pretty name of Enza; But one day it flew away, but it didn’t go to stay, For when she raised the window, in-flu-Enza….
