News of the dalliances of pastors and policemen have kept us entertained over the past weeks. It has been the subject of talk shows, TV programmes, bar and back veranda talk. So after weeks of this, how has any of these activities helped us with this problem? Yes, it is disturbing that the offenders are …
THE EDITOR, Sir: On Sunday morning, tragedy struck once again in the Bog Walk gorge when a car plunged into the Rio Cobre and the driver lost his life. The word is that the concern of persons who are usually ready to help was absent. I found this strange as there are usually several vendors …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Eight years ago, Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. A record number of people (two million live, and 45.5 million online) watched his inauguration. A new feeling of hope welled in the breast of Americans – partly because he was the first African-American president and also because they held …
THE EDITOR, Sir: I was just into my mid-teens one Christmas when a clergyman bundled a number of us into his car to take us carolling. Later, he dropped each of us home until just two of us – a girl and I – were left. He stopped near the post office and sent me …
The Editor, Sir, There have been indications in the recent past that we seem to be having additions to our traditional diet. Some are proteins. And we should not be too surprised since, as technology and transportation shrink the world, there is bound to be testing, tasting and transference of cuisine – among other things. …
The local government elections are behind us and the word from the Electoral Office of Jamaica is that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has won the majority of parish councils, or municipal corporations, as they are now styled. I disagree. I think the People’s National Party (PNP) has lost the majority of parish councils. The …
THE EDITOR, Sir: Michelle Bradshaw, writing in Monday’s Gleaner, was very hard on Kenisha Allen, who was one of the Jamaica Labour Party representatives in the most recent local government debate. Claiming that she made “an ass of herself”, and making snide references to ‘class’ and ‘IQ’, she really went to town on this young …
THE EDITOR, Sir: “Vote, noun: “The instrument and symbol of a free man’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary, 1906 Since last week’s US elections, there have been demonstrations in major cities and universities all over America. One reason for these demonstrations is …
US elections – is the Electoral College vote still relevant? Read More »
Laws are like spider’s webs which, if anything small falls into them, they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.” Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. – Solon, 3rd Century AD Events over the past week were dominated by what has become known as the ‘X6 killer trial’. Five years ago, a schoolboy …
THE EDITOR, Sir: The concerns about justices of the peace (JPs) have made their annual appearance. Again, persons lament the shortage of JPs, and again they condemn those who are charging for their services and claiming to know strangers. There is now another question as to whether they should be paid. Why is there a …
