EDITORIAL - Time to protect domestic agriculture
During his lengthy intervention in the Budget Debate in Parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said surprisingly little about agriculture. And his remarks were mostly platitudinous declarations about possibilities. But Mr Golding did make one fundamental point...

Where will the taxes come from?
Where will the taxes come from to pay for the largest tax package in the history of the country ($18 billion to $24 billion) when the economy continues to decline? Will it come from workers such as nurses, teachers, policemen and civil servants...

Liberal education and the educated person
It is quite fashionable for the new student just entering university to have the view that making lots of money is the imperative of education and so begins to focus on what he or she is to do, rather than who he or she is to become...

The Talibanisation of Pakistan
What for many - both within and without Pakistan - has long been feared as the nightmare scenario, appears to be coming to pass. The tail is wagging the dog, as Islamists once patronised by the state are coming back to challenge it...