Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | January 12, 2006
A role for the Political Ombudsman
THE CONTRETEMPS that has erupted in the People's National Party (PNP) over the defacing of private and public property with graffiti in St. Thomas on Sunday is a reminder that long, drawn-out campaigns tend to expose the ugly underbelly of Jamaican...
IF WISHES were numbers, everybody would 'step up inna life' and if prayers were action, Jamaica would not be the world's murder capital. I am always amazed at the fervour with which Christians 'bawl out' against violence... - Melville Cooke
"AND YET it does move," Galileo is said to have muttered sotto voce as he was leaving court. He had been on trial for his life by the Church for teaching the heresy that the earth, in fact, orbited around the sun...- Martin Henry
ISRAELI DOCTORS say that Ariel Sharon's condition continues to improve. Nevertheless, few expect him to ever resume his functions as prime minister. The country is thus confronted with the real question of what it will do after Sharon.- John Rapley
