Gov't must lead by example
The revelation that the Government spends over $1.2 billion a year in rent - a figure which we believe is understated - reinforces this newspaper's long-held belief and oft-repeated argument for the return to downtown...
Obscene policy on 'bad' words
Education Minister Andrew Holness is repeating history, sort of. Not because he failed his history exam the first time round, but because he doesn't seem to have learned the lessons of the past. In 1968, 40 years ago, another Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration banned bad words. - Carolyn Cooper
Sex in textbooks
The recent contretemps between Minister of Education Andrew Holness and a number of professional educators highlights the persistence of an age-old debate regarding the treatment of sex and sexuality in literature. - Keith Noel
Golding, Roosevelt and radio
Bruce Golding was apparently not only born with political genes, but with radio genes as well. His last Wednesday of the month 'Jamaica House Live', although only at its second run, is shaping up to be a good talk show in its own right. Martin Henry
Fire bun!
"If you continue to burn out the herb, we gonna burn out the cane fields." I don't remember which artiste did this song of the late 1970s or early 1980s, but it has remained on my mind like a plague since then. - Orville W. Taylor
A grand waste of time
There are over 2.7 million Jamaicans living here. The price of bread, fertiliser, chicken, steel and other commodities continues to rise, affecting us all. - Lambert Brown
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