In Focus

Opposition to the rights of LGBT persons is, if nothing else, predictable. Of course, prior to the emergence of the manifold medical/psychiatric/legal apparatus of the 18-19th centuries, the idea of one having a 'sexual orientation' at all would have been alien.

Veteran newsman Ben Brodie's Public Affairs column of August 3 (Sunday Gleaner, 'When ignorance meets arrogance') about his encounter with 'Rambo' trying to prevent him taking a picture of Usain Bolt during the shooting of a video commercial in a public space brought to mind several incidents having to do with media workers' understanding of their rights and responsibilities and when to exercise restraint.

In its blog of July 16, 2014 headlined 'The cost of the Jamaican dream in 2014 - $500,000 per mth', the Daily Viritas (Corve DaCosta) comes to its conclusion by assuming "the Jamaican dream included a married couple with two...

The headline in The Gleaner of July 2, 2014 read 'Record haul! Jamaica raises US$800 million from external bond market'.

'A city set on a hill cannot be hid' aptly summarises the views of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) parents that some secondary schools are clearly better than others.

On July 15, in a column headlined 'Jumping off a cliff?', I tried to guide Clifton Hughes, as gently as I could, towards a better understanding of his role as CEO of Nationwide 90FM.Obviously, I failed.

Just six weeks after Emancipation, this newspaper began publishing as The Gleaner and Weekly Compendium of News.

Volumes of clueless claptrap have been spoken and reams written about 'moral authority'.

The struggle between Christians and gay-rights activists over the buggery law is more political than practical. Its repeal or retention is more symbolic than salutary.

There were no marches in the streets in full and fancy imperial 'military' regalia. There were no mass meetings with fiery orators stirring thousands to pride and, hopefully, to action.

The Gleaner's July 23, 2014 editorial expressed the view that the imbroglio over the sex-education programme that Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) ran in children's homes from October 2013 to May 2014 on the initiative of JFJ co-founder Dr Carolyn Gomes has likely unleashed simmering, unstated, alternative views about JFJ's direction.