Commentary

There's no joy in Tivoli; Mighty Dudus has struck out. For nine months, the Government declared extradition war against the United States; refused to sign an authority to proceed that even the Madantz commission...

David Starkey may know a lot about the personalities and politics of England's Tudor period, on which he is an authority and has written several books....

The world economy may be in a bad way, but as the recent players' strike in Italy reveals, the football world sails on unaware that there is anything to worry about...

Indeed, as wise King Solomon said, "The borrower is a servant to the lender." It seems that the plans to lift our education system to a higher level of efficiency and accountability are being threatened by the requirements of the International Monetary Fund, to which Jamaica is bound.

Dead people should have no say in their funeral. Precisely because they are dead! It's nothing but vanity to try to legislate exactly how you should be laid to rest. Public figures, especially, should not even bother to fool themselves into thinking that their death belongs to them alone. In any case, what can you do if your dear and not-so-dear relatives and friends decide to disrespect your wishes? Haunt them? Right.

After the high drama with Usain Bolt's disqualification from the 100-metre final and setbacks in the early stages of the meet, Jamaica's athletes staged a comeback in the latter days of the World Championships, which concludes this morning.

THE EDITOR, Sir:

The world watched in anticipation to see Jamaica's Usain Bolt unfurl his long frame to challenge himself to yet another record.

THE EDITOR, Sir:Why did Usain Bolt false-start? Neither Bolt nor his outstanding coach Glen Mills are saying.

Most Jamaicans will have mixed emotions over Christopher Coke's guilty plea in America on racketeering and conspiracy charges.

Recent pronouncements from a United States educator regarding the licensure of Jamaican teachers are of particular interest to me primarily because they seemed to suggest that this process would not necessarily improve student attainment.

THE 'BAWLING' by many Jamaicans recently about the treatment meted out to them by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) reminds us of the National Transformation Programme's (NTP) transformational concept, 'Every Citizen A Peacemaker'...

A POLITICAL analyst and researcher posited recently that Jamaican political history - and the culture of tribalism it spawned where our political tribes developed a system of gangland 'constituencies' that had a politics, a leadership structure and a...