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Jamaica Gleaner In Focus
published: Sunday | August 10, 2003

Gays gain ground
THE CONFIRMATION last Tuesday of the first openly homosexual Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States has plunged the worldwide Anglican communion of over 77 million in a major crisis... (Boyne)

In search of our virginity
VIRGINITY HAS come out of the closet! n order to have a balanced discussion on the meaning of virginity and the relationship between this meaning and the definition of womanhood we need to understand the historical roots of "the virgin". (Simms)


The 'art' of the matter
BACK IN the day (if you will pardon the colloquial expression) what was officially considered to be ART, and deemed to be so by society, was determined largely through Patronage. (Salmon)


Lacking public responsibility
"KITSCH", PRONOUNCED kich, is a word of Germanic origin that means "low-brow, of poor quality, and vulgar". I hesitate one million times to put down anybody's work, but the statue 'Redemption Song' is kitsch... (Bartley)


A time for leadership: Paying one's dues
IN 2000, a Korean prime minister resigned after being convicted of tax evasion. He apologized. In 2002, the general secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan resigned after his aide was convicted of evading taxes... (Buddan)





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