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EDITORIAL - Still a role for the ombudsman

We, like Dr Peter Phillips, believe that ditching Jamaica's political ombudsman would be premature. For we are not sanguine that the transformation of the political culture which gave rise to the post has been fully achieved.

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Erase the stupid idea of giving students condoms

There are many stupid people in this country and in this world.Already, some of you may be foaming at the mouth and baring your fangs, upset at what you've already determined, without context, to be a rude statement.

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Rules without rhyme or reason

In 4500 BC, two priestesses trekked up the steep and misty hill of Sinai. And Stiffneckus Principalis spoke from amid the sulphurous fog, saying, "I am he which hath brought thee out of the land of freedom into the house of bondage.

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The wearing of tattoos is becoming a growing trend. Should schools and workplaces allow persons to openly express themselves with them?

No.No. Circus clowns belong in the circus.

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EDITORIAL - No free pass for Floyd Morris

Floyd Morris' elevation to the presidency of the Jamaican Senate is symbolically important.For whether he wishes to be so or not, Mr Morris is a torch-bearer to many thousands of blind and visually impaired persons in Jamaica and those with others forms...

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Freudian slip or Gordian knot?

On Sunday, May 12, some editorial genius at The Gleaner actually published the following headline: 'Expect no privacy in public spaces'.Duh? For this to reach my front door, somebody must've thought of it; then had the brainless temerity to submit it to...