Commentary

A RECENT Gleaner editorial was cause to reflect on the win-at-all-cost culture that now seems to dominate our society. This is reflected in school sports, by the dumping of the idea that, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the...

The Holness administration appears to be on a wrong policy path with respect to water harvesting in major new constructions. It should reconsider its position. First, the government says that it is in favour of individuals harvesting water for...

According to the labour minister, Karl Samuda, the actuaries now say that Jamaica’s National Insurance Scheme (NIS) won’t, as was previously projected, go bust by 2035. That would be a mere dozen years from now. Based on the latest actuarial...

Since my April 16 column on abortion, I’ve been flooded with queries about bridge players’ principle of restricted choice mentioned there. Well, alright, one not-so-young player asked me what it was. So sue me! For all the young, aspiring bridge...

Recently, I had reason to reminisce on my years in the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF). I was about 13 years old when my father suggested that I think about joining the St George’s College Unit. I vividly recall mulling it over in my head for...

As the discussion as to how Jamaica can get out of the low-tech trap proceeds, it’s important to understand how we got here. The journey with the tech advances in the 1950s, which unfortunately were followed by neglect and abandonment thereafter....

Today is the last day of Expo Jamaica 2023, and it is an extremely exciting event. This is the first time in years that producers have been able to come together under a common banner and a dedicated physical space, to showcase what is best about...

Professor Vincent Brown is determined to take history out of the musty archives. He’s the director of the History Design Studio at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American History. The term ‘design studio’ usually...

Come what may, two days from now will be May Day, the first day of the month of May. While calypsonian, the Mighty Sparrow, sang about making love one day with a girl they calling May May, the month is not just for may-hem or whatever part of her...

People sign voluntary pledges all the time and for myriad reasons don’t abide by them. That is neither an indictment against codes of conduct, nor a good reason for the failure, so far, of Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his cabinet, and most of...

Ninety-five dead bodies, and counting. So far, at least 95 peop;e would have fatally succumbed to the brainwashing of a pastor in Kenya, who convinced his followers to starve themselves to death in order to see Jesus. Bodies are still being...

THE SEEMINGLY non-stop allegations, discoveries and investigations of fraud and other financial crimes in recent weeks prompted this newspaper two weeks ago to lead with the headline ‘Fraud Spike’, asserting that almost 1,000 persons have been...