The anecdote as relayed in old wisdom is that you cannot cook a frog using boiling water. The parabolic metaphor teaches that the unhappy critter will unfailingly remove itself from the pot, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger ...

Graduation season has coincided with the open season for Jaguars. Yap, right on cue like acne break outs at the starting line of pubescent anxiety, the reckless juvenile energies of excess, relief and rebellion  are already revving their under-aged engines. Proudly accommodating parents who have been tickled to ecstasy by having ...

“Oh the games people play now Every night and every day now Never meaning what they say now Never saying what they mean.” Lyrics by Joe South As a child my uncle would sit all his nieces and nephews in a golden circle flickering with only the glow of an experienced kerosene lamp.  Moving hypnotically ...

It is high noon. Navigating down the swing bridge on a day when the weather decides to be as stubborn, indecisive and oppressive as the current reign of this UDP administration is no easy task. Yeah, despite the fact that the sky was ominously overcast and the sun seemed to ...

As the intoxicating bass speakers thumped into the sweat filled backs of the hypnotized crowd, only the dew water of morning and the foreplay of after party bliss must have been on the minds of Putt Putt patrons. But ...

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?” Matthew 7:15-16 I had to clean out my ears. What is next? Truly, what is next? Imagine that ...

Wow! No. Not again. This year’s Cross Country garland has eloped, riding  off in the cradling handle bars of  a foreigner just like ten of its last twelve siblings. Trust me, not one Belizean is going to be turning the pages of their Simon Quan calendar for the next three ...

It is as if every week, some member of this “village idiot”  government makes  their commitment to contract athlete’s foot in the far reaches of their tonsils public. Maybe it is not so innocent, maybe it is the case of the monkey that  is climbing so high that it exposes ...

Last week a Christian Chairlady of the BDVCA was petitioned by a caller on the morning talk show, as to what the Government could do to fix their mess, her response was crisp and resolved.  Her warning echoed with John the Baptist eeriness that the Prime Minister has to “get ...

“One of these days when u hear a voice say come who you gonna run to. You gonna run to the rock for rescue but there will be no rock…” from UB40: Johnny Too Bad. Music and lyrics by Bexford/Baily/Winston/Crooks. I still have the text lodged in my phone. This syndicated ...