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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Thursday | August 21, 2003

United Nations under attack
USUALLY, EVEN in the world's most dangerous trouble spots, combatants have in the past taken care not to aim at members of the United Nations peace-keeping forces or its civilian workers...

The great power outage of 2003
I WAS sitting in a sweltering airport lounge, along with a crowd of others trying to get home to Jamaica, when we heard that our flight would be cancelled. - John Rapley


That gay bishop
THE REV. Gene Robinson is to be enthroned as Episcopalian Bishop of New Hampshire. The new bishop has abandoned his wife to live with a homosexual partner for the last 13 years. - Martin Henry


Self-righteous evil
THERE IS nothing more damaging than self-righteousness. For one thing it is a trait that irredeemably spoils the character of otherwise fault-free people. - Ian McDonald














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