Commentary
June 5, 2026
Kristen Gyles | Every Hitler has a mom
Human beings are storytellers by nature. We form our views and opinions of each other from personal experiences, anecdotes, and impressions. Someone is kind because they were kind to us. Someone is…
June 5, 2026
Peter Espeut | Lessons from up north
I think it is very important for us Jamaicans to watch closely events to the north of us. To the south too, but especially to the north. Yes, I have Cuba in mind, but I am really thinking about…
June 5, 2026
Wayne Campbell | Cycling for a Greener Future
The transformative impact of the bicycle is frequently overlooked.
The bicycle is often referred to as the “people's nag”. The bicycle earned the nickname “the people’s nag” because it…
June 5, 2026
Louis Moyston | Are we a country without a conscience?
On May 20, 2026, The Gleaner carried a most important article, “Conscience crisis”, that must not be ignored.
The article is important because it raises a critical description of the behaviour of…
June 4, 2026
Editorial | No STEM without English
Kevin Brown, president of the University of Technology (UTech), is right about the failures of Jamaica’s education system, especially its inability to graduate students proficient in mathematics and…
June 4, 2026
Basil Jarrett | China will win the AI race. And it’s not for the reason you think
If you’ve been paying attention to developments in geopolitics over the last couple of weeks or perhaps months, you would have no doubt seen the rising tensions between the United States and China, as…
June 3, 2026
Andrew Parsons | Dr ChatGPT now remarkably good at making diagnosis…but doctors still better at treatment decisions
A father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has been getting winded on her morning walks and feeling more fatigued than…
June 4, 2026
Paul Golding | Pope’s AI warning: Who controls the future of humanity?
Pope Leo’XIV, on Monday, May 25, published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (‘Magnificent Humanity’). The Pope argued that “A.I. can be a valuable tool”; however, the technology “tends to…
June 3, 2026
Editorial | Exercise for the elderly
The exercise and recreation initiative for older people, launched last week by Jamaica’s health ministry, is a good idea, of which the people for whom it is meant need further and better…