Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Adage Knows
- Those who get away, survive Ashok Mitra She, Kamla Persad Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, is sure of her dates. Her ancestors left Bhelpur, the famine-cursed village in the Buxar district of Bihar, exactly one … Continue reading
Professor Bridget Brereton – Indo-Caribbean Diaspora Seminar
Highly thought provoking remarks from Professor Emerita Bridget Brereton Speaking at the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora Seminar 23rd February 2012 University of the Southern Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago When she refers to the "Prime Minister", she means the visit of Prime … Continue reading
U.W.I. Statist Panelists
By The Intelligent Radical (Keegan Bharath) I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones”. – John Cage. I recently attended a panel discussion organized by U.W.I. History Society and … Continue reading
Silky Smooth Ethical Judgments
Shane J. Pantin Ever heard of an ethical judgement; it is rationalizing the rightness or wrongness of a decision. Some thinkers have devised models which they believe people use to weigh the rightness or wrongness of a decision. A … Continue reading
The R-Evolutionary – Number 42
The R-Evolutionary Number 42