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  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, April 19, 2009 | 0 Comments


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    ‘All Obama, all the time’
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the 21st in his new …

  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, April 5, 2009 | 0 Comments


    Considering Obama’s America
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the twentieth in his new series on …

  • The elephant in the room

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | 0 Comments


    The Obama era
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the eighteenth in his new series on …

  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, March 15, 2009 | 0 Comments


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    Suddenly, ‘crunch time’

    If this column has a doppelganger, it’s that of the NYT’s columnist Bob Herbert. It’s striking how often, on a given Sunday, Mr …

  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, March 8, 2009 | 0 Comments


    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the sixteenth in his new series on the Obama …

  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment


    Obama overreaching?
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the fourteenth in his new series on the …

  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, February 15, 2009 | 0 Comments


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    What’s in a word?

    History teaches that, in times of crisis, ingrained prejudices can, by themselves, make all the difference between success and ruin.
    In the …

  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, February 8, 2009 | 0 Comments


    Fiddling while Rome burns

    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the twelfth in his new series …

  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment


    Obama’s Muslim toss

    As the reader may have noticed, what usually passes for the real world has wasted no time in brusquely overrunning the celebratory mood …

  • The Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment


    In the crucible of history

    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the Tenth in his new …

  • In the Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment


    ‘Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive’

    It all seemed to be happening last week, in DC and beyond, and little of it was …

  • In the Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, January 11, 2009 | 0 Comments


    Israel in overtime
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the ninth in his new series on …

  • The two Americas

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, January 4, 2009 | 0 Comments


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    Some years ago, in what was not a confession but a roughneck’s boast, GW Bush declared that he didn’t read the papers. But the defining …

  • In the Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, December 28, 2008 | 0 Comments


    Obama: From poetry to prose
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica. This is the eighth in his Sunday …

  • In the Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, December 21, 2008 | 0 Comments


    The shoes seen around the world

    We live in extraordinary times. On 9-11,  more than one observer, watching on television the Twin Towers collapse, in surreal …

  • In the Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, December 7, 2008 | 0 Comments


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    Obama’s inner circle
    Clearly he means to hit the deck running. (Some say he’s running already.) At any rate, within a month of his historic victory, …

  • In the Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, November 23, 2008 | 0 Comments


    Keeping him safe’
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the third in his new series on …

  • In the Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, November 16, 2008 | 3 Comments


    The first Leader of the World?
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica. This is the second in his …

  • In the Obama era

    By Wayne Brown | Sunday, November 9, 2008 | 0 Comments


    A child of the islands
    Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica. Today he begins a new series on …

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