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Published:Thursday | July 9, 2015 | 12:00 AM

So someone, an academic and social scientist, seems a trifle annoyed that consistent with our training, I have attempted to ontologically verify the theories and prejudices we have about Jamaican society.I can reproach Pastor Hellraiser with the...

Published:Thursday | July 9, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Your Sunday columnist, Ian Boyne, has, quite usefully, highlighted the constitutional enigma that the US Supreme Court has created in its decision on same-sex marriages. Its ramifications go far beyond that specific issue. Not only has it shaken up...

Published:Thursday | July 9, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Does Government believe its pompous, insincere entreaties for 'sacrifice', or is that the Old Lady of Washington's ( IMF) arm I see stuck up spokespersons' rear ends ensuring output corresponds with "IMF programme is the only way"?I know an old lady...

Published:Thursday | July 9, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Every two years for the last 10 years, the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) takes to the field out of its Vanderbilt University home base in the United States to canvass public opinion on political, social and economic issues. The 2014...

Published:Thursday | July 9, 2015 | 12:00 AM

The recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States of America that gave legitimacy to same-sex marriage will have serious implications for Jamaica.It is well known that a vast majority of Jamaicans oppose homosexuality. Also, it cannot be...

Published:Friday | July 10, 2015 | 12:00 AM

So Christians are losing the culture and legal war over gay marriage. Now the fighting shifts to the arena of civil liberties, including religious liberty, and the issue of respect for pluralism, tolerance and epistemic humility.As a religious...

Published:Friday | July 10, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica is a land of many festivals - yam, jerk, reggae, among others, so advancing another one at this time should come with littlesurprise. Perhaps what may be astounding is the concept of dancehall with poetry. Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall...

Published:Friday | July 3, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Once more, the Americans have published stuff about us, showing us in a negative light. Now, I have great love for the E pluribus unum, but I have a major problem when sections of that society, oftentimes with collaboration from our locals, paint us...

Published:Friday | July 3, 2015 | 12:00 AM

One of my small band of Twitter followers suggested I should write a column on FIFA.So, Roland (@roleli), this one's for you. But, I suspect you'll be disappointed. If you're expecting another round of FIFA bashing, you'll definitely be disappointed...

Published:Friday | July 3, 2015 | 12:00 AM

I recently read a column by Ellen Goodman published in The New York Times titled 'How to talk about dying'. It caught my attention because this is a matter that I think many of us who have been born in what is called the baby-boomer generation need...

Published:Friday | July 3, 2015 | 12:00 AM

In his 2013 report to Parliament, Dirk Harrison, the contractor general, made certain statements, without the provision of any supporting evidence, that under the guise of a "fabricated consultancy" and friendship, Easton Douglas...

Published:Friday | July 3, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Political parties rarely commit suicide. The current crisis in Greece, which has led to today's referendum on the terms of a deal with the European Union, is mainly about the survival of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' Syriza Party. But it is also...

Published:Friday | July 3, 2015 | 12:00 AM

An intense, bitter and deepening war of words has erupted since the US Supreme Court's decision to allow gay marriage in America. Reason is the biggest casualty.Opponents of gay marriage, largely religious people, are busily quoting the Bible,...

Published:Friday | July 3, 2015 | 12:00 AMMartin Henry

Yesterday, the Great American Republic commemorated another anniversary of its Declaration of Independence, the first since it has by judicial ruling declared itself a full-fledged homosexual state. This Fourth of July is, therefore, an extremely...

Published:Thursday | June 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Polygamy has been leading the news recently. For once, Jamaica hasn't been fed tired, dogmatic Christian rhetoric, but male and female Muslim perspectives on polygamy were presented. Both proposed polygamy as a solution to Jamaica's family crisis. A...

Published:Thursday | June 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

After months of negative press reports and caustic media commentary, Anthony Hylton, minister of industry, investment and commerce and member of parliament for Western St Andrew, has allegedly decided to tackle his image problem by hiring a (local)...

Published:Thursday | June 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Somebody killed the 70-plus persons who were shot in the 2010 military-police operation in Tivoli Gardens. Maybe it should be called military and police operations separately because from all indications and the testimony at the Tivoli commission of...

Published:Thursday | June 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

The results of the 2015 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) were published on June 17 after three months of anxiety. The scores and the associated school assignments either brought joy and gladness or disappointment and sadness to students, teachers...

Published:Friday | June 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

I note the article by Gleaner reporter Jovan Johnson published on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, titled 'Lawyer reminds Jamaicans to sue over poor road conditions'. In the said article, attorney-at-law Kent Gammon was reported as saying that persons can...

Published:Friday | June 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

A major, intense discussion has erupted over the issue of forgiveness in light of the killings at the AME Emanuel Church in Charleston, USA, and the dramatic forgiveness by family members of the victims. In light of such brutality and evil,...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2015 | 12:33 PM

There is a rum-bar story about various organs in the body fighting for rulership. The brain and heart were favourites, with the brain being the most vocal. Eventually, the anus won, not because he talked; but he shut up and got noticed.The moral of...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMKeiran King, Contributor

It's crunch time. One in three adults worldwide is overweight, a pandemic of two billion people courting diabetes, stroke, pneumonia, heart disease and cancer. That's our top five killers lined up like the Grim Reaper's firing squad, with the entire...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMMyrtha Désulmé, Contributor

The first official visit to Haiti by a French president on May 12 was a huge event, as historic as President Obama's visit to Jamaica. As in Kingston, Port-au-Prince came to a standstill. The anxiety of a small Caribbean nation providing security...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMDensil Williams, Contributor

Positioning Jamaica as the fourth node in the global logistics chain is not a choice but an imperative if this tiny island nation is to have any chance of surviving this inhospitable global trading system. Jamaica's competitive advantage rests in...

Published:Friday | June 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMDong Xiaojun, Contributor

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently paid an official visit to Brazil, Columbia, Peru, and Chile, and signed more than 70 cooperation documents. It is worth noting that Premier Li has made a strong effort to introduce high-quality Chinese industrial...

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