The Hamilton Proposal
THE EDITOR, Madam: I AM grateful to columnist Dawn Ritch, for her article "Adding Insult to Injury" in the Sunday Gleaner edition of the 24th September, in that it encapsulates the principal misunderstanding ... - Howard Hamilton

Of 'prophets' and 'patriots'
"JUST WHEN you felt safe to go back into the water comes Jaws Two!" So ran a trailer for the second instalment of the Robert Benchley-inspired movies about the great white shark. - C. Roy Reynolds

Beyond bushing and planting
IN THIS land of nine-day talk and seven-day wonder many persons are waiting for the Public Defender's two billion-dollar inner-city rebuilding challenge to blow over. It may be a long wait. For one thing, the Kingston Restoration Committee is not going...

Be very careful of those 'informed sources'!
THE OBSERVER'S front page lead story headlined, "Peta-Gaye heads home", September 20, is another indication of how, in the heat of competition, a newspaper can fall prey to misinformation. - Desmond Allen

Through the 20th century with The Gleaner - Storm warnings (Part three)
THE HURRICANE of November 1912 had nearly obliterated towns such as Montego Bay, Lucea, Green Island and Savanna-la-mar.