Commentary

Everald Warmington is not someone you instinctively want to defend. But people like him are sometimes right, as Mr Warmington clearly was, during that big quarrel in the House of Representatives last Wednesday. It was he who defended a fundamental principle and was on the side of democracy in the face of the tyranny of the multitude.

"A woman who aspires to be equal to a man is an under-achiever." That famous feminist witticism came to mind as I closely examined the Gleaner's Top of the Class magazine published on February 23. Claiming to present "a selection of Jamaica's outstanding academic achievers," the editors of the magazine failed to put even one girl on the cover.

Diplomatic relations have gone sour between Jamaica and the United States of America. Many Jamaicans here and abroad are being embarrassed by the actions of our Government in how it conducts relations with the USA. Our prime minister was too busy to visit with their previous president.

The shameful display of men scavenging for Heineken beer in the aftermath of a deadly accident on the Linstead bypass on Thursday demonstrates just how desperate our people have become.

IN 1991, the New Beginning Movement, of which I was a convenor, organised a walk through western Kingston. We began at the St John's United Church on Upper Rose Lane...

Efforts to get Kingston earthquake-ready must be applauded, especially in light of the scale of catastrophe that earthquakes have caused some of our neighbours this year.Mayor Desmond McKenzie appears to have the big picture in mind...

Columbia University's Xavier Sala-i-Martin is my kind of economist. On his webpage, well before you get to any academic links, you have a long list of highlights of FC Barcelona (okay, not my first choice of team, but a close second)...

This newspaper has for a long time backed the move by the Golding administration to relieve Jamaican taxpayers of the burden of the losses generated by Air Jamaica, the state-owned airline....

I was simply overjoyed to see scores of Jamaicans in an orderly queue surging towards the LOGOS/Hope which is currently docked at the Cement Company Pier and will remain there for most of March. This is a ship that spreads...

Resist US bully tactics - Americans are the kindest people in the world, probably the most generous in history.Given the power, the bureaucrat suddenly changes into an autocrat so aptly described by author Graham Green as the "Ugly American"....

This newspaper appreciates the potential value of a credit-reporting system to the economy and, in that regard, supports the Government's effort to enact legislation to regulate the operation of credit bureaux in Jamaica.Indeed, as government officials...