Everybody Hates Chris

A West Indian cricketer being humiliated in Australia isn’t unusual; it’s been occurring at regular intervals for the past 15 years. But this week, batsman Chris Gayle, playing in the Australian Big Bash tournament, hit such a record-breaking innings of shame that it is likely to stand for decades to come.  

The Upside of the Downturn

The Prime Minister’s shocking address to the nation last Tuesday night left many people asking one question; who still uses DVDs to record? Seriously, did the PM’s office run out of Betamax tapes? It was not surprising however, that Dr. Rowley chose to record his address to citizens. After all, when you’re delivering really bad news, it sometimes helps not to be there in person. If it were me I would have just sent a text to everyone saying, "Hey, guess what, we’re dead broke. Off 2 Miami for a wedding. TTYL."

The Dark Side of Mother Theresa

Forget Star Wars; if you’re interested in an incredible tale of Sci-fi fantasy just listen to the story of Mother Theresa. In 1969, British journalist Malcom Muggeridge travelled to India to make a film for the BBC about Calcutta’s House of the Dying, run by an Albanian Nun called Mother Theresa. Muggeridge, a devout Catholic, was awestruck by Mother and in reviewing his footage he proclaimed that a "divine light" could clearly be seen surrounding her.

Why Trump is a Trini

Donald Trump may look like your average 69-year-old white American man, who happens to be wearing a dead cat on his head. But judging by his actions over the past few months, its clear that Trump is in fact a Trinbagonian. Consider for example Trump’s political image crafted on a bloated narcissism, or his love of conspiracy theories, or the way he ignores facts in favour of what random strangers tell him on Twitter. Yes, the only thing left for Trump to do now is eat doubles, lime at Maracas and make a Facebook video beating his children.

Kamla, Bombs and Toilet Paper

This past week was dominated with election news, as voters exercised their democratic rights. Let’s look at the big electoral winners of the week.

Freedom for Dad’s Dan

There is no better indication that an economy is in peril than a popular brothel no longer being able to bribe the police to look the other way. On Monday, the Ministry of National Security with much fanfare publicly announced that they had busted the notorious Chaguanas brothel ‘Dad’s Dan’, charging the owner with human trafficking offenses and keeping a brothel. And sure enough by Wednesday we learnt that the TT dollar had depreciated against the US dollar. 

The Boodan Economic Model

Trinidad and Tobago currently has to ask itself some tough questions. And it’s not just whether the Lotto is rigged. You see, thanks to an oversupply of oil on the world market, prices have plunged and the energy sector, the backbone of our economy, is faltering. A recession is defined as three consecutive quarters of economic decline. We have already had two so far. And as sure as the lotto is rigged you can bet we will have a third.  

Now I am no economist or expert on fiscal policy or capable of doing basic arithmetic but those things don’t stop socialists or politicians. So I want to propose my own economic strategy that I am sure will help us avert a national financial crisis. Here are the basic tenets of the Boodan economic model.