Whose conflict of interest?
One sniff of our public affairs and we might justifiably echo the remark of Marcellus in Shakespeare's Hamlet: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." And now the Great Danes of the PNP Opposition are barking and growling at...
China's threat to freedom
China's strident and arrogant protests over the United States' granting the Dalai Lama its prestigious Congressional Gold Medal dramatises the dangers it poses to liberty as a Great Power with increasing economic and political clout.China, which has...
Global crisis and lessons from the Caribbean
October 16 was World Food Day. Food is a basic human right. Ending hunger is the first of the United Nations Millennium goals. Yet, the number of hungry is growing by five million a year, despite dramatic gains in China and India.
Does history beat biology?
'Meditate upon history,' said Napoleon, 'for it is the only true philosophy'!. But then he also called history 'a set of agreed upon lies'. Still, there's no doubt that history tells us how mankind has acted, as opposed to how we are supposed to act.
Poor mothers need an advocate
There is a kind of contradiction in the theories and practices of agents and agencies that are either paid by the state or inspired by a higher calling to be advocates for children.This contradiction lies in the inability of these 'angels of love for...
The male backlash
Like some students, both male and female, at all educational levels, Peter Espeut does not seem to do well at reading comprehension, as evidenced in his 'Gender Politics' article published in The Gleaner on Wednesday, October 17.
The PNP and the private sector - Pt III
Between 1952 and 1972 the Jamaican economy experienced 20 years of continuous unprecedented economic expansion. During that period, gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaged 6.5 per cent annually with a phenomenal 14.1 per cent recorded for the fiscal year 1956/57.
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