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One Caribbean Nation. Letter From Brooklyn Michael Headley By Michael Headley To interfere with the kite's bull, is tantamount to castrating it, because it will silence its accustomed humming sound as it catches a breeze on its skyward ascent.  Maybe, instead of criminalizing the bull's disturbing noise, between 7pm and 6am, if possible, a bull should be modified to make a lighter, quieter, soothing, romantic sound, that would help some complaining insomniacs get to sleep.  That would have the effect of a bull sedative - a compromise bull if you will.  In the animal world, the bull is symbolic of strength, virility and stamina.  And being bullish in the stock market is an assumption that securities prices will soar higher.   I guess Attorney General, Dale Marshall's amendments to the Minor Offences Act, is 'taking the bull by the horns', by proposing hefty fines or possible incarceration, on those who leave their bulls, blowing in the wind, at night and t...

                                                                   Letter from Brooklyn Walter Blackman Tucker Carlson                                                                                Michael Headley    By Michael Headley On a daily basis, I, like many other listeners, enjoy listening to VOB''s Getting Down to Brass tacks.  On any given day the talk show can be entertaining, funny, educational, informative or controversial, as callers voice their differing opinions on various topics.  And most Moderators allow for spirited give-and-take, to enlighten the listening audience.  ...

One Caribbean Nation.                Deryck Thomas                                                 By William Skinner Sweet Drinks: A High School Friendship and Memories Back in the sixties, while a student at the famous Modern High School located on Roebuck Street, Deryck Thomas and I developed a wonderful friendship that remains wonderfully intact. Deryck’s father, worked in a managerial/ supervisory capacity at what we called the Coke factory, which was situated extremely close to our school. Occasionally, the students were treated to free beverages, and we all believed, it was the magnanimity of our distinguished Headmaster and owner of the Modern, Louis Lynch, who remains a legend among educators, in our country. It is widely known that there have been calls to make him a national hero. There was also a rumor that th...

One Caribbean Nation                                                                    Letter From Brooklyn By Michael Headley A Valiant Fight For Mr. Speaker              Kevin McCarthy Call it 'High Noon', 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' or what you will, but we experienced 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' as the vote for Speaker, of the US House of Representatives ended on January 07.    The 118th Congress had all the earmarks of political theater and some even called it a clown show, but it successfully ran its course.   There was drama, tension, emotion, and compromise as Kevin   McCarthy 'and  the house members duked it out before he got the winning number of 216 votes, early Saturday morning, to become the 55th Speaker.  McCarthy showed tenacity...