Commentary

Scandals are not a catalyst for requisite changes in governance beyond people being booted from office.

IT MAY have been a search for relevance, but no one much minded Lloyd D'Aguilar's perennial attempt at latching himself on to populist causes, his bolts towards the spotlight or his contrivances at martyrdom.

Every time he is asked about his overarching strategy for crime fighting in Jamaica, Carl Williams, the island's still-new police commissioner, talks primarily about two things: running a professional outfit and rebuilding trust between its members and the public that they serve.

I found Patria-Kaye Aarons' column 'I molested Bill Cosby' disturbing to read, and the picture of the writer planting "a wet one" on Cosby's cheek disturbing to look at.

The call for equal protection for male victims of sexual violence is being berated by some as an underhanded attempt to legalise buggery.

Gene Autry and I were seated around the domino table against the Beast and the Dunce when Haemorrhoid turned up.

We share Mario Mafessanti's concern about those "damn plastic bottles" and John McDowell's frustration at residing in a town littered with them and other garbage. But the problem is not only Ocho Rios'.