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AS I SEE THINGS: We must take part of the blame
By Brian M. Francis, From Barbados Nation News There is absolutely no secret that our small, open economies in the Caribbean are faced with many challenges as they seek to grow and develop along sustained lines. Those challenges are alluded…
New Yorkers march in solidarity with Selma
By Tequila Minsky From Caribbean Life Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, civil rights activist Norman Siegel, Karen Daughtry and State Senator Jesse Hamilton walked arm in arm over the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday along with hundreds of others. Those who…
Professors issue conflicting views of patent reform
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal Dozens of academics have signed letters to Congress outlining contrasting concerns about pending patent reform legislation. [In March], 40 economists and law professors who research patents wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee…
South Sudan frees hundreds of child fighters
By Patrick Washington From the Dallas Weekly (GIN)—South Sudan’s Democratic Army Cobra Faction announced its third release of child soldiers as agreed in a pact with the government signed last May. Over the weekend, 654 children registered with the United…
World Backup Day: Best practices to backup your data
By Jesus Vigo March From Tech Republic Jesus Vigo reviews options and best practices associated with backing up data on your Apple devices in observance of World Backup Day 2015. Data backup best practices Data, it is said, is the…
‘Food for Thought’ puts a tasty spin on consuming literature
By MJ Franklin From Mashable In her Food for Thought: Book Collection In Tins series, designer Maria Mordvintseva-Keeler puts a foodie twist on how we consume literature. Instead of a traditional book, Mordvintseva-Keeler has neatly packaged three classic stories, Breakfast…
An abandoned building
An abandoned building on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland By Gary Arndt From Everything Everywhere Announcing My 2015 Travel Photography Tour – The Galapagos Islands 2015 Travel Photography Tour For the last few months I’ve had dozens of people…
Study: Supreme Court’s not as liberal as people think
By Marcia Coyle From The National Law Journal Conservative talk radio sometimes bashes the U.S. Supreme Court for its purported liberal activism run amok, but the court actually lies close to the center of public opinion and indeed leans to…
Change in the Caribbean?
By Howard J. Silver From Social Science Space December 17, 2014, was a day of surprise to both the American and Cuban people. On that day presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced that the United States would move toward…
Gadget of the week
Former Apple, NASA and Pixar developers launch beautiful Olio smartwatch By Samantha Murphy Kelly From Mashable The Apple Watch is a high-tech timepiece from a powerhouse company, but what do you call a smartwatch designed by some of the brightest…
