Editorial - The 9/11 watershed
EVEN THE harshest critics of the United States and its foreign policies would have felt much sympathy for the people of that nation when in a matter of an hour and a half on September 11, 2001, three terrorist strikes hit at the symbols...
The empty promises of free trade
JAMAICA IS among 34 nations currently working towards the establishment of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) which is described as an extension of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)... (Blair)
Open more factories, not prisons
A RECENT editorial in this newspaper noted that the Government intended to build a great new prison. If that happens the Patterson administration will go down in history as the one that had the most crime and built the most prisons. (Ritch)
Terrorism and a state of panic
IN THE past, some of us have contended that terrorism exists in Jamaica. It has been categorically denied, primarily because defining terrorism in today's world is often a difficult proposition. (Goodleigh)
Crime and punishment
THE FIRST murder in recorded history was that of Abel killing Cain. There was no TVJ, CVM or CCN to show poor Cain's blood smearing the earth. And, of course, Eve was not caught on camera bawling her heart out... (Neita)
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