LETTER OF THE DAY - Impact of absent father figures
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE MAY 22 edition of the New York Times carried an Associated Press story on Lee Boyd Malvo stating, "Malvo, who was largely abandoned by his parents, said Muhammad 'basically took me under his wing' a few months after they met...
A lack of rational thinking
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to comment on the absence of rationality from the decision-making process at all levels of authority. I think we need to revisit the basic principles of rational thinking so we can really begin to make better choices.
US Embassy milking Jamaicans?
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS surprising to me that no one has seen it fit to address what most Jamaicans see as the 'milking' of funds from our society by the the United States (U.S.) government via the embassy through...
No, no, Mrs Abrikian
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM very concerned about the indiscipline in schools, and the various talk and suggestions that seem not to have much bearing on the matter. We are hardly hearing or seeing anyone attacking the root cause of the indiscipline.
Education alone not the answer
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAD to respond to a letter (May 23) about free education being what we need. The writer pointed out that jobs are sorely lacking in Jamaica today and that is true. How then does free education for all change this?
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