Whither the Jamaican economy?
As we approach a general election campaign when there will be an intense battle for our minds, it is important that non-propagandists committed to evidence-based research take centre stage in the national interest. (Boyne)
Intellectual balance needed
In A Conflict of Visions, Thomas Sowell posits two fundamental political outlooks, the constrained and unconstrained visions. (Chang)
Rethinking the political in Jamaica (Part I)
The following is the first part of an excerpt of the inaugural professorial address by Brian Meeks, delivered at the UWI, Mona, November 28, 2006.
The slave trade and the modern conscience
A Jamaican idea introduced by a CARICOM resolution was accepted by the United Nations in December designating March 25, 2007, as a day to commemorate the end of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 200 years. (Buddan)
Stand up against violence!
Mrs. Kay Anderson, multi-talented artist, writer and teacher, wrote that haunting account of the impact of male sexual violence on both Sandra - the primary victim - and the unnamed mother of this abused girl. (Cooper)
Why not mandatory national service?
Recently, the American ambassador to Jamaica declared that "by some estimates crime accounts for a seven per cent reduction in Jamaica's GDP every year. This suggests the loss of nearly US$850 million (or J$56.6 billion) due to crime." (Kerr-Jarret)
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