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I'm Roger Grant and this is about "I". I was born on the rock(Jamaica that is) in the month of May four decades ago. I attended a prominent High school Calabar in a middle class neighborhood of Kingston and graduated with excellent grades in the Caribbean

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Society & Lifestyle > Economic Values Abolishing poverty: methods and theories: 1 of 30
Abolishing poverty is not a question of economics but rather a moral challenge.This dilemma is akin to what the world is currently going through which everyone describes as an economic crisis which is more accurately a moral crisis if you may.Banks failing and business going bankrupt has at it root causes moral failings of pe... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Setting Life Goals New Year and a fresh look at life: 1 of 17
The new year is a good marker for reflection but will not necessarily auto tune your mind to think about life any different from the day preceding it.We are drawn sheepishly to the showlights of pomp and ceremony etched in tradition which often times bares no resemblance to reality. We somehow think that resolutions and wishe... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) How to understand the concept of the devil and evil: 1 of 12
Understanding the concept of the Devil and evil must begin with the destruction of the first lie which is that : the devil and evil is a concept. The Devil is real and so is evil.Concept according to the dictionary is a "notion conceived in the mind", which would suggest that this whole business of the devil and evil is a fig... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) The decline of the US as a world power: 6 of 47
When tracking the rise and decline of an individual there is a certain pattern or tone in that individuals lifestyle and the issue of national acendancy and subsequent descent is also marked by a collective tone in that nations philosophies.An individual comes to prominence by sacrifice, hardwork and generally proving his or ... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Justin Timberlake: Assessing if he will be the next "King of Pop": 1 of 7
I always refer to this artist as Justin Timberfake in sporty jest of course, but maybe there is some ring of truth to my soft ridicule of the former boy band stand out. I don't know who suggested this topic and how serious this went under consideration but I consider this rather presumptuous on the part of whosoever came up ... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) Effects of music on mental wellbeing: 2 of 11
All the cliches regarding music are always true because music is spirit.Whatever one expresses about or because of music is always right. Regardless of what another persons thinks about what you are expressing it is "your feelings". Being the most persistent of all art forms music is everywhere. It's invisible presence carrie... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) Who has influenced music more: King of Pop or King of Rock?: 3 of 16
I will answer in a totally biased unbiased fashion if this is at all possible because this highly emotionally charged debate is divided along generational lines. The teenagers of the fifties will say Elvis and this teenager of the eighties must say Michael Jackson. After all, Michael Jackson is my Elvis. But as in the boxing ... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Developing compassion as a way of life for you and your children: 29 of 128
The fruit never falls far from the tree and so it is with the challenge of instilling good values in our children such as developing the habit of compassion.Everything starts with you and a self examination of how you treat people on a daily basis. Your offspring will not act consistently on what you say but on what you do. S... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African & Middle Eastern Culture Commentary: African leaders, corruption and colonialism: 3 of 12
African leaders of yesteryear were white and followed by their students the native black politicians and leadership is oftentimes trough education and indoctrination and what is evident is that the European mold of control have been emulated very well. Many of them with a few exceptions have experienced life under colonial ma... More..
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) What should the decade that started on January 1, 2000, and will end on December 31, 2009, be called?: 2 of 8
Both names sound moronic and I only clicked this because you gave me no choice. The decade should be called "The Them Decade". Why? Because it certainly was not a period of sharing and caring. The decade was not for "us" but for them. Yes them. The people responsible for the staged economic collapse at the end of the 2000s r... More..