Only once before have I felt the urge to respond to cousin Godfrey’s self-masturbatory outpourings disguised as literary genius. See, while I cannot hope to match his stunning, startling intellect, I’m possessed of a heaping helping of common sense and that tells me that his literature is founded on a ...

Damned if I know what that wise old philosopher Forrest Gump meant when he coined the phrase – stupid is as stupid does. Of course I wouldn’t dare to presume to understand the brilliance of that great mind, but seems to me he was trying to say that if you’re ...

Dean Oliver reminds me of a girl I met a couple weeks ago at one of my favourite spots in Orange Walk. Actually I was in one of those disreputable sort of places, but I’m a disreputable sort of fellow so I was happy as a pig in mud. Dean Barrow ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I’ve been thinking about taking the pen off the paper, closing the old reliable laptop, shutting up shop, bidding this column a fond adieu and taking a political hiatus, so to speak. I won’t get into the reasons at this point, but let’s just say it’s something ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. The social fabric in Belize has been ripped all to hell and back, and that’s not a political accusation or condemnation. It’s just the way it is. Things are way different now than they used to be, in our homes and on our streets and in ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Being that this is the first issue of the Belize Times for 2011, I take this opportunity to wish all Belizeans the very best that this new year can bring. I’ll content myself with sending wishes ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I have been strongly advised that in this last column I should make every effort to be nice. I’ve been told that right about now I should be overwhelmed by warm feelings, overcome by joy and filled with inner peace. Supposedly all these ‘happy happy joy ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I know this is the season to be jolly but I’m just not feeling it. Right about now I couldn’t care less about jingling any bells or roasting chestnuts over an open fire. That’s somebody else’s reality and certainly not ours. Generally towards the end of ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Belize’s very own home-styled tin-pot dictator is acting up again, feeling his oats and swinging his mighty rod to and fro, so to speak. This time he has a new target – the media and that little thing we tend to call freedom of the press. ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I got into a slight argument with a good friend last week when he attempted to convince me that Dean Oliver is a consummate parliamentarian. Taking into consideration the fact that I can’t stand the fellow and feel that he is a dismal leader and cold, ...