Obama, Buju & gays
Jamaica's President of choice in the United States, the deeply loved Barack Obama, facilitated an historic and far-reaching victory for...

Charter of Rights and Freedoms in context (Part 1)
The review of the Constitution of Jamaica is seen differently by various people: a routine review after more than three decades; an opportunity to close gaps and generally tie up loose ends; a change of system of government from monarchical to...

The oligarchies of career politicians
Whatever would Bruce Golding and Portia Simpson Miller do if they were not in politics? Golding graduated from the University of the West Indies, Mona, some have said, with mediocre grades, straight into his retiring father, Tacius Golding's St...

Time for House-cleaning measures - Parliamentarians and allegations of misconduct
When the Supreme Court of India gave a verdict in 2007 that 11 'tainted' members of parliament (MPs) should be expelled from that country's parliament, it hoped the decision would be taken as a message to...

Controlling violent crime: models and policy options - Pt 2
The following is the second part of an excerpt from the 2009 GraceKennedy Foundation Public Lecture Series presented by Anthony Harriott, professor of political sociology in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona.

Opinion journalism and all that jazz
Now that Ian Boyne has placed squarely on the table the issue of what a columnist's job description should be, it's time to put the issue to bed.

Human rights: let's not get them wrong
The following article was submitted by civic action group, Jamaicans for Justice.Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) is writing in hopes of bringing a human rights perspective to a number of important issues which have come to public attention in the last few...