Commentary

Last week's column drew much critique regarding my alleged abdication of my civic obligation to vote.The suggestion that citizens are obliged to support their own civic rape by voting in an all-powerful government with no enforceable reciprocal...

We are living in a promiscuous and degenerate era when passions are unleashed on us and our children. A hurricane has to spend its fury and then it quells. But with money as the god of our age, as the absolute principle that justifies any means, good or evil...

THE ATTENDANCE at the public session of the 68th annual conference of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on November 20 was huge, perhaps one of the largest gatherings of party supporters ever assembled in Jamaica.It represents an unmistakable reflection...

The Holnesses would have been naive not to have anticipated a public debate once it emerged that they had opted, which is their right, to homeschool their two sons temporarily.At the time of the decision, Mr Andrew Holness, now the prime minister...

For the last couple of weeks, The Gleaner has been running a provocative campaign.

The recently concluded investigation into the billing practices of the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) has not realised its true potential. Indeed, the findings are symptomatic of missed opportunities.

Political Ombudsman Herro Blair has declared, in an interview with this newspaper, that some political candidates selected for the imminent general election are not fit for office.

Are parties dodging debates?THE EDITOR, Sir:I have always welcomed healthy leadership debates that focus on the fundamental concerns of our country.

By and large, this newspaper welcomes the tone that has so far been adopted by Prime Minister Andrew Holness in discussing the difficult economic problems facing Jamaica.For instance, in a break with the norm for such occasions...

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds." - Redemption Song, Robert Nesta Marley, OMJamaica did away with chattel slavery 177 years ago, but mental slavery is still with us - big time! Here I don't want to focus...

JAMAICA'S TWO big political parties - the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), which forms the government, and the People's National Party (PNP) - should be shamed by their unseemly debate over their participation in national debates.It has become customary...

CLIVE MULLINGS, minister of mining and energy, alleges that "if Rev Dick took the time to refer to the official record of Hansard, he would see that what I said was 'after almost two decades of DECLINE' ...