Commentary

And so Ruel Reid goes, shunted off stage by the prime minister, like a man reading from a homophobic manuscript at an LGBTQI spoken word concert. The reaction of the audience? A stunned silence. Like the stunned silence with which many Jamaicans...

Today is The Old Ball and Chain’s 39th birthday. Again! On the twoth of March, she celebrated her 37th wedding anniversary (today is the 40th anniversary of unofficial marriage), proving that even if I plead “not guilty” to robbing the cradle,...

The training and teaching of our children are too precious to be deflected by scandal. Adults underestimate how impressionable young people are. So ask yourself, what lessons the more than 700,000 Jamaican youth are ingesting from the avalanche of...

Many of us were surprised to hear that our county’s estimated inflation rate is expected to be as low as around 4.80 per cent. The authorities defended their calculation but, given the increased prices in various products and services, that low...

Today’s Scripture Reiding will be drawn from Isaiah, v. 42: “Here is my servant, whom I uphold… A bruised Reid he will NOT break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.” We are told how to recognise the true servant, and you heard the man...

If you read right and Reid’s wrong, then who reads Reid’s rights when Reid writes wrong? And if Reid isn’t right, which rites right Reid’s wrongs? It’s uncertain if the educator-cum-politician would still appreciate the verbal gymnastics;...

This is in response to the article published entitled ‘21% of Jamaicans back abortion on demand’ a few days ago in The Gleaner. In the article, pro-death advocate Nadeen Spence makes some interesting and some dangerous remarks. She stated,...

“Doctor Bell fell down the well And broke his collar bone, Doctors should attend the sick And leave the well alone.” That would be great advice if doctors were able to easily determine who is sick and who is well, but while this sounds...

It may be a coincidence that the announcement of Jamaica’s intention to close its embassy in Caracas came on the eve of Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ departure for Florida for a summit of five Caribbean leaders and the American president, Donald...

In 1970 when I first entered The University of the West Indies as an undergraduate (all of 49 years ago! Gosh!), we natural science students were required to take a compulsory course called ‘Use of English’. It was a good course, covering topics...

They may have been wishing and hoping, and planning and praying that it didn’t have to happen this way, but it’s on, and they will have to make the most of it. Come this weekend, Prime Minister Holness and a few other Caribbean leaders will be...

In the aftermath of the finance minister’s budget presentation there was, quite understandably, a lot of chatter about the various initiatives and overall direction of the budget. Members of the private sector were quick to express their views, as...