LETTER OF THE DAY - Sports vs education

The Editor, Sir: The article 'Sports and schools in Jamaica' (August 22) touched on some poignant issues and put in mind the flood of reports, recently, regarding Merlene Ottey still competing at age 50.

Idiotic political hypocrisy

THE EDITOR, Sir: Your correspondent, Kevin K.O. Sangster, in a letter of Friday, August 20 in The Gleaner took a very scathing aim at Everald Warmington for his outburst at Contractor General Greg Christie...

Revisit compulsory military service

The Editor, Sir: With the myriad problems facing our nation, I think it is time for Jamaica to seriously consider mandatory military service.

A travesty to link Miss Lou with Ragga

THE EDITOR, Sir: Your correspondent Leon Pryce, who called me an "intellectual hypocrite" and located Raggashanti in the lineage of Louise Bennett Coverley...

Why abroad and not here?

The Editor, Sir: There are many things in Jamaica's public life that are going well. We have a contractor general and a commissioner of customs who are doing a good job...

We need a coalition of patriots

THE EDITOR, Sir:On the front page of last Sunday's Gleaner is a picture of Bruce Golding below a headline featuring the Government's role in the sordid Dudus story.

Cooper: Meaningless meanderings

The Editor, Sir: I suppose I just don't get most of Carolyn Cooper's ideas.For me, they're seldom well thought-out and, worse, there's an arrogance, a pretence at wisdom and knowledge...

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