Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | June 30, 2005
Bush's challenge
IT WAS a far cry from the triumphalism of his speech aboard an aircraft carrier some two years ago, when George W. Bush declared the end to major combat in Iraq. On Tuesday, before another military audience - this time on an army base ...
WE DON'T hear a lot in Jamaica, even among environmentalists, about the precautionary principle which is so strong in Europe and is struggling to get a foothold in the United States. - Martin Henry
LAST WEEK, Iran's presidential election delivered a surprise that few were expecting. For years, received wisdom in the West had been that Iran's Islamist revolutionaries were an ageing, decadent lot... - John Rapley
RECENTLY I found myself stumbling over these little black things with lots of buttons at home, so I decided to do an inventory of discarded remote controls and cellular phones. - Melville Cooke