buggery and the lash

• Books for Christmas

Buffett comes across in this poorly written official biography as a genuine man of principle who throughout his life has been critical of corporate greed, frugal in his lifestyle, generous in his philanthropy, and steadfast in his support for civil and human rights. The Past and Future of American Affluence (Random House), which explains how the abstract economic theories of Keynesian economists produced not the promised eternal economic growth but the longest sustained peacetime inflation in American history, rising to 14 percent in the times of Jimmy Carter. Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy (Portfolio), which explains how the abstract mathematical models of financial wizards produced not the promised eternal self-sustaining economic growth but rather a non-transparent financial ...

... naval tradition as embracing "Rum, buggery, and the lash," he told his secretary that he wish...

• American Spectator, The
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 10, December 2008

• The Pm's 'Stragedy' (Strategy Turned Tragedy)

Regarding homosexuality in Jamaica: I have quite a few male and female patients who are homosexual and they have explained to me that there are people who are 'programmed' that way. They also tell me that some individuals are ambivalent and end up on the other side - sometimes. I was also told about a minority of people who are not true homosexuals but choose to practise it out of lasciviousness. This is the group in which many people (misguidedly) place all homosexuals and lash out at them for being 'out of order' and perverted. In spite of our society's numerous ills, we have a strong religious base. Consequently, many Jamaicans cannot accept homosexuality. However, Jamaicans are sometimes tolerant of homosexuals as long as that lifestyle isn't overt, thrown in their faces or forced u...

...Although buggery is defined as, 'anal or oral copulation with a mem...

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• August 27, 2009