Commentary

Homosexuals in Jamaica are living in interesting times.Jamaican women, in the main, have always loved them, providing succour during their darkest moments. Straight men see no merit in denouncing them out of fear...

War is peace.Freedom is slavery.Ignorance is strength.If there was ever a time for you to dig through that box of dusty, dog-eared books to find George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four it is now.It's turning out that the Bush...

The seemingly never-ending public commentary on the inelegant and ill-timed utterances of veteran educators Doran Dixon and Paul Adams, two esteemed practitioners for whom I have the deepest regard, has largely derailed the relevant discourse on...

Recently, I approached a set of glass doors. Out of courtesy, I stopped, pushed and held a door open for an approaching young woman. Obviously, she was no 'lady', because she walked right by me without so much as an acknowledging glance ...

Ronnie Thwaites is already in for a penny. He might as well go in for a pound. In that case, he might draw on New York City, where, like Jamaica, the teachers long resisted an evaluation system ...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller with Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service Peter Phillips at the launch of National Debt Exchange at the Bank of Jamaica earlier this year...

After the rumours were finally confirmed last week that Professor Gordon Shirley, principal of the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, would soon be sailing into a new port of call, I had a spirited conversation with an optimistic colleague.

This article is a direct response to the headline in the May 24, 2013 issue of The Gleaner which states: 'RADA is a failure: Stakeholders say agency not fulfilling its mandate'.

This is my favourite time of the year, except for Christmas. It gives me the opportunity to get on a natural high through the events organised by Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).

Our children are in peril. Data show that 17.8 per cent of 13-15-year-olds currently smoke cigarettes - 21.5 per cent of boys and 14.3 per cent of girls (National Council on Drug Abuse/Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010). The compulsion to smoke a cigarette first thing in the morning is a sign of addiction.

It is said that 'catches win matches', but that may not be entirely true. If you want to understand why male athletic teams perform so well, you have to look elsewhere - on their glistening bodies and the running rivulets of sweat. Instead of sweating the small stuff, smell it. It is the commingled odour of the sweat, not the blood and tears, which inspires the teamwork that is the stuff of victory.

These days, Richard Azan is seeking refuge not only behind the prime minister's frock, but in scripture. God, he suggests, is his fortress...