Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Monday | September 12, 2005
The channels of dissent
THE RIGHT to dissent is a fundamental tenet of democracy. That is inherent in the notion of multi-party government which accommodates opposing views. So in theory there was nothing wrong with the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party...
HOW SHOULD we appoint judges? By what should we seek to identify the persons who will ultimately come to determine issues of life and death, freedom and incarceration, success and defeat in litigation? - Stephen Vasciannie
IF YOU think of the 'gang problem' only in terms of prisons, inner-city schools and urban crime, think again. Gangs have gone international, and their influence in our hemisphere is spreading. - Dan Rather
