The unjustified Iraq war
The financial crisis in the United States has now overtaken Iraq and foreign policy as the main issue in the American election, but the war still looms large and is one area in which the Republicans can offer absolutely no justification. (Boyne)
Letter from China
I would like to think I am well travelled. Yet, I had never been to China, until a recent 10-day visit to participate in a conference at Peking University and to give some lectures in Shanghai. (Heine)
Guyana, regionalism and the Caribbean
October marks the 55th anniversary of the coup d'etat by the British Government against the People's Progressive Party (PPP) government of Guyana, just six months after it won Guyana's first election under Universal Adult Suffrage. (Buddan)
More 'indaba' needed among Anglicans
Anglicans worldwide are currently in a media crucible and the fires of criticism continue to burn. The hot issue is leadership indecision that seemingly threatens for the first time in unbroken centuries a serious split in the historic communion of approximately 77 million Anglicans worldwide. (Hall)
Big mistakes in agriculture
There has been much talk about agriculture, but we soon come to realise that talk alone cannot produce and agriculture is not easy. Successive governments have stated policies but these seem to rotate with the administrations, in most cases leaving agriculture at a standstill or merely drifting... (Hutchinson)
The dangers of gambling
Gambling and money are closely associated. Gambling is the attempt to gain money, goods or service without an equal commitment to mutual exchange. In this sense, one must lose for another to gain. (Minott)
Away with language bigotry
Two hundred years after the abolition of the slave trade, and 170 years after the abolition of slavery, some descendants of slave masters and some of the self-hating offspring of slaves are still telling us how to talk. (Williams)
Bail reform unconstitutional
The Government has introduced two measures to restrict the ability of the courts to grant bail to those accused of serious offences. One, the Bail (Amendment) Bill, provides that bail should be granted only if the accused person satisfies the court that bail should be granted. (Gifford)
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