Editorial - Schools under the gun
THE FORCED closure of at least three schools in the Corporate Area and St. Thomas this past week amid a renewed surge in gun violence, is yet another distressing indication of the country's slow descent into anarchy.
Enduring race myths ... And the Jamaican denial
ONE OF The Gleaner's more engaging columnists, Melville Cooke, has been under fire for his recent home-truth reflections on a particular issue of contemporary life having to do with race and its tenacious hold on the social and economic realities...
Foolishness abounds in Jamaica
SOMETIMES I have so much fat to fry that I wish I had seven columns a week and two lifetimes. But I'm glad I have neither. So much in life is safely ignored, but not the testimony of a former policeman now in witness protection, nor the little girl...
Rats, tear gas and marches
I AM holding my breath because I fear that I might get leptospirosis from breathing the same air that the rats are exhaling. We are on the verge of an outbreak of a dangerous disease. Thank goodness it is not communicable by air or tear gas...
Migration and the Caribbean tiger
THE JAMAICAN'S attitude towards migration is interesting, if not at times contradictory: Because he loves Jamaica he must leave it. And although "nowhere is better than yard" he still yearns to live abroad.
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