Polack Post: Caribbean Drunk Driving – Ounce Of Prevention
By Peter Polack Peter Polack A senior police officer in the Cayman Islands has suggested in a recent media article that lowering the alcohol drunk driving limit would lower road deaths. Curious. A few months prior, his colleague , also…
The Ourobourean Age: America at the Precipice of Self-Destruction
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, America faces a crisis unlike any in its history—more precarious than the Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, the civil rights movement, or 9/11. Society is consuming itself: institutions, norms, and trust are eroding, polarization is totalizing, and leadership is catastrophically incompetent. Using the metaphor of the ouroboros, this essay examines the recursive dangers of ideological violence, disinformation, and global authoritarianism, while offering concrete prescriptions for leaders and citizens alike. The stakes are existential: America must choose self-destruction or rebirth.
US retreats on anti-trafficking promises
From Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United September 21st, 2025News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Law & policyUS anti-trafficking capacity gutted, survivor support in jeopardyThe Trump administration is dismantling lifesaving US anti-trafficking efforts by cutting international programs and sidelining domestic investigators. With…
Sir Ronald Sanders | Haiti needs single strategy, real money, and political discipline
Sir Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders I return to a focus on Haiti because it is too easy for the world to discard the situation in that beleaguered country. In part, it is precisely because insufficient attention has been…
Cayman Tax Declared Unlawful
Josh Appel on Unsplash From Matrix Chambers The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has declared that two charges levied by the Utility, Regulation and Competition Office are unlawful: a 6% tax on the turnover of ICT providers, and a…
Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, did not visit St. Kitts, authorities say
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the fatal shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, appears via video feed from jail as he makes his first appearance at Utah…
The Second Amendment Was Created to Put Down Slave Revolts
The founders’ true intent behind the right to bear arms wasn’t liberty—it was control, oppression, and the preservation of slavery.
FTC Sues Live Nation, Ticketmaster for Collusion
From Newsmax Rafael Henrique/Dreamstime The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing Live Nation and its ticketing arm Ticketmaster for tacitly allowing ticket brokers to violate its policies and scoop up millions of concert tickets later sold to fans at a…
Polack Post: Caribbean Incarceration Rates – The Endless Train
By Peter Polack PeterPolack A local media report in the Cayman Islands last year described a failing prison system that has seen 150% overcrowding at HMP Northward and a 80% recidivism rate among convicted persons after release. Every afternoon, incarceration…
Caribbean Criminal Responsibility – Suffer Little Children
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The age of criminal responsibility in the Caribbean varies wildly: Antigua and Barbuda 8 yearsBahamas 10 yearsBarbados …
