Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | January 1, 2004
New year, same challenges
THE BEGINNING of each new year brings with it hopes of renewal where stagnation has set in or a change for the better and overall improvement in aspects of the nation's life.
PREDICTIONS ARE risky at the best of times; putting them in print is little short of foolhardy. But, as this is New Year's Day, I figured that people's festive moods (or hangovers) will make them overlook my failings. - John Rapley
The veil in France: dialogue of the deaf
Contributor THE BACKLASH in the Arab world has been so strong that the satellite news channel Al-Jazeera, which never allows its presenters to wear anything that might indicate a particular national or religious affiliation...
