Jamaica Gleaner News- Commentary - Thursday

EDITORIAL - They voted, so what?

It is hardly a surprise that the majority of the members of the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to retain capital punishment.It is likely that the same will happen in the Senate when the issue reaches that chamber for a conscience vote...

The end of the US dollar

No, that headline isn't about the lowly Jamaican dollar. Curiously, that hasn't been doing so badly of late. Rather, I'm talking of the United States dollar we so fetishise. Its days as a pillar of American economic dominance may be numbered... - John Rapley

Let's carry each other's burdens

Recently, Mrs Mary Clarke, children's advocate, chided church and community leaders over the issue of a pregnant 15-year-old girl who ran away from home. It was initially assumed that she had been abducted, but it was later discovered that she ran ... - Devon Dick

Pirates of the Horn

On one side are the eight navies, the world's largest shipping companies, the rich Gulf states that need to get their oil to market, and the great powers, whose commerce depends heavily on the shipping lanes around the Horn of Africa....Gwynne Dyer