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The office of the president of the Reich is unified with the office of the chancellor. Consequently, all former powers of the president of the Reich are demised to the Fuhrer and chancellor of the Reich, Adolf Hitler. He...

There is a tendency to blame victims of theft, rape, spousal abuse and other incidents for the violence and abuse that they experience. Quite often, when someone is robbed, beaten, raped or otherwise abused, we castigate them for not knowing better...

Tomorrow, April 22, is the 47th celebration of Earth Day, when more than 193 countries, including Jamaica, focus on dealing with the threats to the health and integrity of the natural environment.It is also the 18th anniversary of the creation of...

Who will win the 2016-2017 MVP award for the regular season in the NBA may well be the most intriguing question in all of sports at the moment. Russell Westbrook and James Harden are the front runners at the moment, but legitimate cases can be made...

That Tesha Miller, dubbed by the Jamaican police as a dangerous gang lord, has been fined a measly $100 is hardly a laughing matter. Mr Miller was fined on Tuesday after pleading guilty to one count of making a false declaration on an immigration...

Perhaps our arithmetic is a bit fuzzy, but Prime Minister Andrew Holness had promised to take steps, within his administration's first 100 days in office, to get the wheels moving on legislation to institute a fixed election date. Our dodgy...

In George Orwell's classic novel Animal Farm, there is a moment when, after coming to terms with the hopeless state of the financial situation in his newly founded nation, Napoleon, president of the Republic and Chief Hog at the Piggy Bank,...

Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, has fallen on hard times. It used to be a great city. As a born Kingstonian, I can attest to its former glory. I was born under the clock at Half-Way Tree when the clock struck 3 a.m. I was born at 1 Molynes Road,...