Junior MurrayEMANCIPATION FROM MENTAL SLAVERY — HOW ARE WE DOING?“We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind…Aug 7Aug 7
Junior MurrayFOR WANT OF IDEAS — THE POLITICAL ANEMIA OF THE U.S. DEMOCRATIC PARTY“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” — William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s DreamAug 7Aug 7
Junior MurrayWHITHER INTEGRITY WITHIN DEMOCRACIES IN TURMOIL?“Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.”Jul 29Jul 29
Junior MurrayPERHAPS THE OLD BRITISH EMPIRE WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE AMERICAN COLONISTSI have taken a break from writing, for personal reasons — all valid, I assure you. The world, I think, was neither the richer or the…Jul 17Jul 17
Junior MurrayPLAYING PSYCHOLOGIST FOR A MOMENT — THREE PERSPECTIVES ON WORLD POLITICS“The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the…Jul 17Jul 17
Junior MurrayWHY I HATE CAPITALISMCapitalism provides a pyrrhic victory for its much vaunted progress. Achievement comes at a dire and much higher cost to humanity than its…May 122May 122
Junior MurrayTHE “VALUES AND ATTITUDES” INITIATIVE — HAS IT FAILED? IF SO, WHO IS TO BLAME?I left the Jamaican teaching profession over two and a half decades ago. There was as much concern about the changing attitudes of our…May 5May 5
Junior MurrayWHY I AM A REGISTERED INDEPENDENT VOTERMy late mother-in-law, God rest her soul, could not understand why I was not registered as a voter in the Democratic Party (DNC) here in…Apr 21Apr 21
Junior MurrayThe Jamaican Parliamentarians Walk-out? Pickney Business!The walk-out by the JLP Parliamentarians led by the Prime Minister last week, as the PNP’s Leader of the Opposition was making his…Apr 8Apr 8
