Commentary

One of the uncomfortable facets of democracy is having to accept the right of the majority to make bad decisions. As we expected, that is what teachers have done with the election of Doran Dixon as their president-in-waiting....

FOR SOME strange reason, it seems we have been bewitched to think that if we field enough blame on one group of people, then all our problems will be solved...

We hail the courage with which the athlete Novlene Williams-Mills has confronted her breast cancer and her decision to speak out as a survivor. If there is anything to be disappointed about...

The Gleaner's editorial on June 26, 2013 titled 'You should worry, Mr Thwaites' commented on the reaction of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the People's National Party (PNP) to the education minister's presentation during the Sectoral...

There is no doubt that abortion is murder. There is no doubt that abortionists tell lies. There is no doubt that it does tremendous harm to women....

We are hardly surprised at the outrage of the likes of François Hollande and Angela Merkel over America's reported bugging of European Union offices in New York and Washington and, perhaps, even Brussels...

Most people remember the Concorde as the most powerful passenger jet ever produced. Its maiden commercial flight was in January 1976 and its final flight was in October 2003 - following a fiery crash. It could cruise at 2,160kph (1,350mph). In other words, it was extremely fast.

If the late reggae icon Bob Marley were alive today, indications are that he would be banished behind bars for the very same reason for which we have showered accolades.For make no bones about it, Bob, the social com-mentator, sounded quite contentious...

Witnessing the rout of a core bulwark of Judaeo-Christian religious dogma is truly rare. The first time this occurred was in the 15th century when Copernicus, followed by Galileo, challenged and defeated the Genesis-inspired myth that the earth ...

Whenever I hear pronouncements on our governments' 'vision' to make Jamaica a developed country by the year 2030, I am reminded of the old Scottish joke in which someone asks for directions and receives the answer, "If I were going there, I wouldn't start from here."

We are unclear whether the Jamaica Labour Party will participate in the proposed commission of inquiry into the May 2010 operation by the security forces in Tivoli Gardens, during which nearly 80 civilians were killed.

The Noise Abatement Act is back on the agenda, revived most recently by freshmen parliamentarians Keith Walford of St Ann and Richard Parchment of St Elizabeth.