Jamaica Gleaner Commentary

Published: Monday Sunday | January 11, 2009

Batting on a 'sticky dog'
To use a cricketing analogy, the Jamaican Government is batting on what, in the old days, before covered wickets, were called 'sticky dogs' - a rain-damaged pitch on which even the most gifted batsmen struggled and...

Urban centre or a postmodern ghetto? How to revive downtown Kingston
The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Bruce Golding and is published as part of the ongoing debate on how best to revitalise the capital city.

Media, MP and the cops
I want, today, to follow up on my letter to the editor published last Wednesday, "A balanced story".On Saturday, January 3, Member of Parliament (MP) for West St Thomas and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, James Robertson,...Martin Henry

Men on the margins, why?
There has been much debate about the problem of male marginalisation, but ideas towards sustainable solutions seem a challenge.

Mr. Obama goes to Washington
On January 20, 2009, at noon, a man whose first name means 'blessed' in Arabic, whose middle name is Hussein, and whose surname comes out of Kenya, will repeat the oath of the office of the presidency of the United States.The words...