Commentary

I've encountered no more soul-sapping blight on family and thus nation building than what Jamaicans call 'dead lef'.

As an architect, I was looking for an indication that you had included in your task force an architect and other professionals in the building industry who might have been useful in the discussions being held on the matter of electricity theft, incorporating their planning and housing expertise in your proposed solutions.

My experience with the chikungunya virus (chik-V) has, so far, spanned 11 weeks and counting. Heralded by fever, joint pains, then excruciating headaches, the symptoms persisted, somewhat reduced by analgesics until the first relapse in mid-September.

Having sexual intercourse with anyone without that person's consent is rape in law, whether the one who has not consented is wife, sweetheart or whomever. This is true, too, for Christian couples despite some misunderstanding of Paul's point in 1 Cor 7:1-6.

It is nearly three years since the Simpson Miller administration's return to office and, therefore, just about two years before a general election is constitutionally due.

I was still a child when I discovered that the word 'board' had more than one meaning.

With two years left in office and ineligible for re-election, Barack Obama perhaps has a sense of freedom. He can do things with the calculation about the potential personal costs in the next campaign.

Before the prime minister answered questions in Parliament two Tuesdays ago, I was of the view that the National Housing Trust (NHT) board had made an error of judgement and bought a tourist attraction.