EDITORIAL - The hypocrisy which stymies casino gaming
It is perhaps still too much to hope that the approval by Guyana's parliament of legislation to allow casino gaming will inspire Jamaica's lawmakers to end their hypocrisy on the subject. So, we won't hold our breath.
Threats and opportunities of the Asian age
Last week in Beijing, some of the world's leading economists gathered in a conference devoted to considering the impact of Asia on the world economy. As former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said in his keynote... - John Rapley
Casualties of war
The United States media, a highly localised organisation of reporters, talking heads and superb technology which has inescapable global reach, was at it again with the casualty figures from Iraq on Saturday. - Melville Cooke
Oliver Cromwell, Jamaica and religious liberty
"Is English we speaking", not Spanish, because of Oliver Cromwell's Western Design. The Puritan Cromwell emerged out of the English civil wars of 1642-1648 as commander-in-chief of the army. He built an alliance... - Martin Henry
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