Emancipation: betrayal and challenge
However the time is counted, the peoples of this land have never been truly free. Physically free, perhaps, but never mentally and economically free from the crippling selfishness of political trustees who take advantage; political elders who disappoint; political brothers who betray; and political descendants who abandon. For Guyanese, freedom has come to represent the [...]
Confessions of political window dressers
It took only eighteen years. After continuous denial, derision, and delay from the ruling party, two of its leading men grace the national stage to deliver confessions, with a third likely to hobble from among the goat herders to bow his head and admit to sins. The once clogged windpipes of disinterest and protective distancing [...]
Not another five years
Amidst the flurry of activities focused on 2011, a few unpleasant truths grow clearer by the day. These truths encompass the unready, the uncompromising, and the increasingly unsettled. First, the combined opposition cum partnership, in whatever form finalized, will be hard pressed to unseat the PPP. Narrow the losing margin, highly likely; overturn the status [...]
Where is the leader who will stand in service?
Talk of coalitions and leaders has raged in Guyana for the past several weeks. The commentaries about possible leaders and combinations are impressive. However, there is avoidance of one very relevant concern: It is that the reputation, character, and conduct of challengers must be beyond reproach; that there must be a compulsory soundness, even grandeur, [...]
To conform or not to conform?
That is the question, and the response could get one showered in vituperation or faeces or acid. This is the alarming trend and reality exhibited in the new democracy that is Guyana today. To think is to invite opprobrium. The Big Men, Big Bosses, or Big Frauds seek well-rounded individuals in a brainless society: a [...]