In Focus

One of the flaws some people make when engaging an opponent in an argument is to accuse the person of having a bias. The fact is that all of us have biases. The key is to be able to recognise, admit, and contain them and thus limit their impact on...

The recent incidence of violent interactions at the primary and secondary school level between teachers and students has caused a renewed focus on the nation’s education system. Particularly, more attention has been placed on the culture of...

First there was Macbeth, the Shakespeare play (1606). It’s a bloody play even by Shakespeare’s demanding standards, with Lady Macbeth as the chief inciter to violence. Then there’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a short novel by Nikolai Leskov (1865)...

Jamaica has had an outsized impact on world events that goes beyond our music and sports heroics. We ignite sparks that are a call to action for others who can carry our voices far beyond our shores. Jamaica is a mouse, but when we roar, the world...

Almost from the start of the Republic, the basic core guiding American social and political belief is that the nation is exceptional, and because of that, it has earned itself the right to dictate to other countries. Or at the least, point to the...

“Call me Fatty.” I could tell her story but she wanted a name change. Hers is the wickedest bun story I ever heard. At the time, she was living with her baby father in the house they had bought together. Often, her best friend would come over and...

It must have been the worst sort of a gut punch for the People’s National Party (PNP) in it helplessly sitting by an orange-painted box on the pavement and watching Trafalgar division Councillor Kari Douglas walk away and give love to the Jamaica...

Some of you might have heard the controversy surrounding the deportation of persons from England with a criminal record to Jamaica. Despite massive public outcry and protestations from members of parliament (MPs) from both sides of the political...

The unprecedented level of domestic violence, especially against women, that our beloved country has witnessed in the past few years is not only as a result of a negative subculture, but some of its roots can also be attributed to certain decisions...

Normally, we would save year-in-review articles for December or even January of the following year. But January 2020 feels like a whole year by itself so we might as well break with tradition and give the longest month of the year its due. It was...

In my second article on ‘Baking a bigger pie, rather than fighting over how to slice it’, I gave examples drawn from agriculture and manufacturing on increasing productivity. In this article, I share case studies from the public sector and the...

Most election watchers are predicting that the general election will be held this year, even though the constitutional life of the administration does not come to an end until sometime in 2021. Some may even have forgotten that what is actually...