LETTER OF THE DAY - Death penalty not the Christian way
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN THIS climate of rampant murder and sexual misconduct, it is understandable that so many persons, including our leaders, are calling for capital punishment. There is no shortage of arguments for the death penalty on the air waves...
Sitting ducks
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE DEBATE about allowing more citizens to bear firearms is good as to purpose, but worrying as to process. Now the gun-toter needs not buy a gun. He can take it from his neighbour. The preoccupation with doing wrong is never matched by.
Do not deny our history
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HEARD with sadness the statements of politicians in St. Elizabeth that we should be ashamed of our foreparents in slavery. The history of how we came to be scattered Africans around the world, especially in the western hemisphere...
Reclaiming a piece of Port Royal
THE EDITOR, Sir: REFERRING TO the letter 'Jamaican historical item for sale in Edinburgh' of March 22, 2006 by Maggie Vaughn, who said that "a tortoise shell case and two combs, made in Port Royal around 1670" are to be auctioned this June in Edinburgh.
Standing for the right
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WAS especially touched this morning (Friday, March 4) when I read the Letter of the Day 'Teachers, reach out and touch ...' while listening to a gospel hymn song by Cissy Houston "Count your blessings".
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