By: Mike Rudon Jr. About a month or so ago I made the very difficult decision to walk away from a job which had become a little too overwhelming. There were different factors which led to that decision but I don’t feel like sharing them here and now. It’s enough ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. With all due disrespect to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the image which comes to my mind when I imagine him engaged in a war against crime is that of a little big eared, bald headed and knobby-kneed elf in pink and purple tights swatting a gold ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. "Its two and a half years into our term and it is clear that the magic is still there.” – PM Dean Barrow at UDP National Convention Magic trick: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers By the thousands they flocked ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. A couple of the morning shows are good barometers of the mood of the people living the reality of modern day Belize. It’s not exactly about what the hosts are saying but about the cries of the callers - the frustration, the anger, the sense of ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Cynical and cold-hearted fool that I admit to being, the picture of 8 year old Marquis Mahler on the front page of Tuesday’s Amandala shook me up. I guess that particular photo of the child so full of life and mischief and joy must have been chosen ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Slum (n.) A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Late last week I had the great misfortune of watching what turned out to be the stupidest movie I have ever seen in my life, called Mega-Piranha. This movie was so bad that ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I’ve been told that I have an unhealthy fixation on Mr. Barrow and the thought was enough to give me a real ‘ugh’ moment. I mean, it’s true that I harbor a very healthy dislike for the fellow whom I’ve never exchanged more than two words ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. “Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination…We'll begin with a spin traveling in the world of my creation.” – Pure Imagination Lyrics I’ve always liked that movie – the Gene Wilder version of the 1970s much more than the more ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. As long as I’ve been in this political game I’ve believed that Mr. Barrow is a man who cannot be trusted. He has done nothing of recent to convince me that I am wrong and much in fact to convince me that maybe my criticism of ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. A friend of mine recommended I listen to a song called ‘beautiful mess’ and give him my reaction. I don’t think he’ll be asking me to do that anymore. See, one line in the song goes something like this – ‘What a beautiful mess this is…it’s ...