Commentary

Democracy requires something of a basic belief in the wisdom of crowds. Still, it is folly to underestimate the perversity that people are capable of. Hence it's often important to state (or repeat) some very simple things.One such is that the...

Below is a tribute to the late Barrington Watson, from the communications arm of the Northern Caribbean University.Hanover's Michelangelo, art colossus, intercontinental art student and professor, now paints from above....

With the next general election on the horizon, politicians will be using various strategies to woo the large pool of uncommitted voters. One of the well-worn strategies we have seen employed by politicians on the hustings is to make ridiculous...

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has finally called it quits on his international career. It was a paradox of sorts. It was hardly needed, because everybody knew that international cricket was taken from him a few months ago.The taciturn Shiv found that his...

The recent amendment to the Jury Act that now allows non-capital murder cases to be presided over by a panel of seven jurors instead of the traditional 12 is yet again demonstrative of the myopic view that our current legislators have as their...

Hardly anyone, and certainly not this newspaper, would be surprised that even as they are forced to respond to pressure to reform their behaviour, the Gangs of Gordon House would seek to create loopholes through which they might weasel their way out...

As the debate rages following the story that children are being shunned by guidance counsellors because of their sexual orientation, those in the society who have fought long and hard to promote and protect the welfare of all of Jamaica's children...