Commentary

Thank you for the lovely birthday present you gave me last week. Mi glad fi hear from yu so til! Yu done know seh mi an yu come from two difran generation. So wi naa go see tings eye to eye. Inna anthropology wi call dat 'inter-generational cultural dissonance'.

Ever notice how big (fat) politicians become once they are in power? Or out of power for that matter? I would suggest that if one were to check on the gain in weight of politicians, of whichever party, one would find that this is greater than the weight gain of the population in general in whatever period sampled. It would certainly appear so. Each and every one of us can quickly think of a name or conjure up an image to prove the point.

The dual-citizenship controversy, which has dominated recent political conversation, has been revived with vigour following the ouster of North East St Ann member of parliament (MP), Shahine Robinson.

A cowboy rode into town on Friday. How come? Before I tell you the answer, I need to give you a context for it. You will find that communication always occurs within a context (generally one of change) and if you don't understand the context you will create one from your experience and it may be right but it can as easily be wrong.

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted by online readers on the article in yesterday edition, 'Brady battles Bruce'....

The 2010 schoolboy football season is on fire with almost every secondary or high school Jamaica involved in the daCosta Cup or Manning Cup competition.

Unfortunately for Prime Minister Bruce Golding, the more he talks about the Christopher Coke-Manatt affair, the more questions he raises and the greater the damage, it seems, to his credibility.The prime minister is now in a dispute with Mr Harold Brady...

Online Commentary - Below are edited comments posted by online readers reacting to yesterday's lead story: 'Critical condition: Stock lies idle as defective bridges pile up'.Good news foreastern Jamaica...

THERE ARE some important lessons in Minister Mike Henry's politically calcified response to Peter Bunting's concern about how roads are being chosen for repairs and the tangle into which Mr Patrick Wong of the National Works Agency (NWA) tied himself...

Below are edited comments posted by online readers reacting to yesterday's lead story 'PM's Promise', outlining the prime minister's commitment to term limits for the head of government.Not as easy as it seems...

A driver and a younger colleague travelling through an inner-city community about 10 o' clock one Sunday morning had just rounded a corner when they were confronted by a woman of ample proportions walking casually...

I didn't plan on commenting on the resignation of former GraceKennedy executive, renown and highly-respected businessman, James Moss Solomon, from the chairmanship of the Scientific Research Council and as a board member of the University Hospital...