By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Haitian government officials finally did something about Tropical Storm Isaac. They gathered 32 boats and 1250 temporary shelters as peace offerings to the storm gods. Then they gave a press conference at which they demanded that all those in charge of safety — whoever they might be — do their jobs, whatever these might be.
Continue reading →By Frantz Duval and Robenson Geffrard, Le Nouvelliste | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Satisfied with his achievements during his first year, but frustrated about red tape that has his palace band without instruments, Michel Martelly announced that his team has started to think about an emergency law. (English | French)
Continue reading →By Jourdon Anderson, with commentary by Jonathan Brown, The Independent | Letters of Note. Humorous response from an emancipated slave to his former owner’s request to return to work on a Tennessee plantation after the U.S. Civil War.
Continue reading →By Gilbert & Sullivan, Sung by Michael Rayner | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Utopia, Limited is a prescient operetta from 1893 that warned of the dangers of corporatism.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Today Investigative Magistrate Carves Jean ruled that former dictator Jean Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc to his friends) should not be tried for human rights violations but, rather, for corruption and the misappropriation of public funds. Every human rights organization is crying fowl and blaming the decision on “politics!” I blame it on Facebook friendships. (English | French)
Continue reading →By Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (1990), publishers Gollancz (UK), Workman (US) | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Excerpt from Good Omens: a prescient and hilarious book about the coming end times. This excerpt describes being pulled over by an extraterrestrial.
Continue reading →By Glenda Beckk, World News. “Did I say rape and pillage? What I meant was ‘profit from.'”
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