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Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
published: Sunday | January 30, 2005

Getting tough on crime
OUR FAILURE to master some elementary rules of reasoning and argumentation shows up most painfully in the current discussions on tackling crime. People seem trapped in the either-or thinking which stultifies their thought process, with the result being...

Death in the dancehall
NOTWITHSTANDING EDWARD Seaga's retirement, Bruce Golding's move to West Kingston and Paul Burke's last minute PNP vice-presidency bid, the main topic of conversation in most of the country last weekend was the murder of dancehall dancing legend 'Bogle'.


Leadership and the parliamentary tradition
IT IS a tribute to our parliamentary culture of democracy that our leaders can retire from politics peacefully in contrast to other countries where they are violently overthrown, exiled, imprisoned or assassinated, or where parliament itself is suspended.


Is writing undervalued and neglected in schools?
DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN teachers and parents concerning children's academic performance are frequently based on how well or how poorly the children are reading. In situations where children read well, they are considered 'bright'.


ABORTION: The mother of women's issues
IN THE winter 2004/2005 edition of Ms. Magazine, the editor Elane Lafferty pointed out to her readers that 2005 will mark a particularly challenging period for those "who hold libertarian principles," and those who believe "that the government should...





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