CARIMAC's 25th anniversary symposium

WHEN THE Gleaner went on-line and the e-mails started coming in from the four corners of the earth, I was forced to realise that as a columnist I was engaged in a different ball game. - Martin Henry

Search is on for heroes

A SEARCH is on for new National Heroes. A new search committee has been named and they started work Tuesday. What names will they come up with? What criteria will they use? - Peter Espeut

Markets and the US election

YOU CAN'T beat the market. It's not a hard-fast-rule in American politics, but it's as close as it gets. Incumbents tend not to lose presidential elections held during a bull market, and seldom win them during bear markets. - John Rapley

The teacher-pupil ratio issue

THE MINISTRY Circular on Teacher-Pupil Ratios in primary, secondary and special education schools and its guidelines concerning the 'release of teachers' is a hodgepodge of confused thinking. - Errol Miller