EDITORIAL - Another 'gem' from Mr Pickersgill
Every time you feel that Robert Pickersgill has outdone himself he offers up another vacuous gem. And the problem is that it is so difficult to be mad at Mr. Pickersgill, who holds the portfolio for works, transport and water in Prime Minister Simpson Miller's Cabinet.
The rule of superstition
Animals work on the pleasure-pain principle: if it feels good, do it; and if it hurts, then avoid it. And we use it to train dogs. If you say "Sit!", and they sit, you pet them or give food. If they pooh-pooh on the carpet... - Peter Espeut
Failure of national leadership
The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica, is another shining example of meaningless talk. Where action is needed, talk is substituted. Portia promises often and declares pro-foundly what she is doing and will do... - Delroy Chuck
Amazing grace
The coincidences of history have allowed the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British Slave Trade, the 50th anniversary of Ghana, and the Cricket World Cup which consists of nations and players who were once either the colonized or the colonizers in the British Empire... - Hilary Robertson-Hickling
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