ONE of the lasting contributions, French existentialist, Jean-Paul Sartre (perhaps the second-best existentialist in philosophy after Martin Heidegger) has made to philosophy is his …

THEY say what you put in black and white lasts forever. It will never go away. What you wrote in 1720 or 1820 or …

BURNHAM’S death anniversary is next Tuesday, and I am not waiting for next Tuesday to assess his hegemony. I will start it as soon …

ENGELBERT Humperdinck, from my teenage days, was a fantastic romantic balladeer. His song, “The Last of the Romantics,” came out when I was about …

HERE are the words of Melinda Janki: “When Guyana’s politicians embraced the delusion of oil wealth, Ramon Gaskin looked the oil curse in the …

HERE is what Jesuit priest, Andrew Morrison wrote in his book, “Justice: The struggle for democracy in Guyana, 1952-1992” about the 1992 election: “The …

I HAVE been writing columns for 36 years now. First, the Stabroek News, then the Catholic Standard, then the Guyana Chronicle, then the Kaieteur …

ONE of the political repugnancies that endure in this country is the fictional binary that is not confronted enough by people whose intellectual training …

GUYANA’S ambassador to the UN, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, has set aside some harsh words for the nature and functionalism of the UN Security Council (SC). …

ONE of the most crucial dimensions of life in society is accountability of the judiciary. One reason explains this – the judiciary has jurisdiction …