LETTER OF THE DAY - System too corruptfor death penalty
The Editor Sir: As legislators gear up to cast their conscience votes on the resumption of the death penalty, their collective conscience must be mindful, as well, of the system on which their sweeping and indelible ballots will be based...
When personal feelings are out
The Editor, Sir: Human rights activists seek to extirpate the death penalty. They argue that it is a curtailment of human rights and it is not in keeping with protecting the sanctity of life.
Time, and music, will tell
The Editor, Sir:It is with some degree of sadness that I noted the passing of the great Byron Lee. I remember dancing to his music as a boy and later as an adult. His music spanned my entire life and, along with the just-departed Alton Ellis...
Fascination in vain
THE EDITOR, Sir:I read your editorial ('On Waite's ... nonsense') with a lessening degree of interest, amusement and fascination. My fascination stemmed from the fact that after such a lengthy harangue...
Obama comes like Moses
THE EDITOR, Sir:When the cold war was on, a stability was maintained and enforced in the world, with a balance of power, between superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with China as referee.
'Child Alert' campaign launched
The Editor, Sir:The Spanish Town Citizens Against Violence believes strongly that Jamaica is under assault. Assault on many fronts - murder, robberies, and a host of other negative things - but Jamaica is a beautiful country ...
Youth need way of wisdom
THE EDITOR, Sir:The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself bringeth shame to his mother. - Proverbs 29:15. Sir, it is ironic, our mothers and fathers of today, not only in Jamaica but worldwide...
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