Let women keep the lamps
THERE IS an old story of a Moghul king who visited a part of his realm where he had never been before and found the people living in dark caves. He was horrified at the gloom and ordered that every family be given lamps... - Ian McDonald

Happy New Year my foot!
SINCE MIDNIGHT last night, the expression 'Happy New Year' would have been said and heard over and over again. We will hear it for a few weeks in this month, after which it will disappear until December... - Livingstone Thompson

Bhutooism: Our new ideology
THE NEW Jamaica that we were told about before and after Independence is dying. It is being gormandised by the shoots of 'bhutooism' that seek to destroy all that our ancestors toiled and sacrificed for. - Valerie Dixon

New Year, old rules?
FIVE YEARS into the new millennium there is much to reflect on and hopefully something to look forward to. It is New Year's Day, and unlike Christmas, Easter and other holidays of dubious origins, no one has to guess... - Orville W. Taylor