Happy 240th birthday, USA!   While there are days when my feelings and frustrations for this country echo Frederick Douglass , the Rev. Dr...

Today is July 4, 2013, the 237th birthday of the United States, and I'm not in a celebratory mood as this Independence Day arrives. Th...

Jamaica wasn't the only Caribbean island nation celebrating its 50th anniversary of independence from Great Britain this year.  The tw...

Like me and many of my friends, 1962 is a special year for the island nation of Jamaica..  It was 50 years ago on this date that a ceremon...

Imagine if you were a person seeking to become an American citizen, how you would feel if you got the opportunity to not only have your na...