Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
Published: Monday Sunday | November 15, 2009
Reconsider Trelawny stadium decision
Professor Errol Morrison ought not to, as he says he will, rest his case. If anything, he should be recruiting other champions to maintain the fight. Read More...
Half-truths, sideshows and the real issues
The prime minister's statement to Parliament on Tuesday, November 3, concerning the dismissal of the governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) and the resignation of the commissioner of police, was one of the most significant events in... - Omar Davies Read More...
Language politics
In Jamaica, language is one of the primary domains in which all-out class warfare is constantly waged. You are as you speak: high class or low; uptown or down; bright or dunce; cultured or not. Assumptions are routinely made about your intelligence - your very humanity - based on the language you primarily use to express yourself. - Carolyn Cooper Read More...
Economic turnaround will be very slow
Notwithstanding re-ports that the United States economy is emerging from recession, Americans are in a funk as the jobless rate is peaking at levels not seen for over a quarter century. - Dennis Morrison Read More...
Big stimulus, little stimuli
A few weeks ago, upon my return from a well-needed vacation, I was greeted with the news that a company of which I am a customer, had just laid off nearly two dozen managers, citing automation as the justification. - Jennifer Wynter-Palmer Read More...
