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What an unnecessary evil

SUVs hog the road not only with their bulk, but also with a menacing attitude. They often try to intimidate smaller vehicles with behavior much like a tank.

Their drivers seem patently in place with the iron and steel they command.

They show disdain for common courtesies, self-righteously rampaging through traffic. They brazenly steal turns at intersections and snatch spaces ahead of others they believe should bow to their brawn.

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Stamping out corruption in customs

Danville Walker knows how to make a headline. The Commissioner of Customs gave businessmen some food for thought this week when he spoke at the PSOJ’s Job Creation Awards Ceremony. He made it clear that his major mandate is to root out corruption in customs.

Forsaking all diplomatic language, he told his audience of mostly CEOs: If you have been involved in things you shouldn’t be involved with, stop! He promised those who don't heed the warning: I am going to catch you and I am going to embarrass you. We will throw the book at you.

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Christopher's

Christopher's is buzzing again, if I'm to judge by the numbers on a Friday night. A friend, Kyle Lewis, suggested it's probably that people have begun to recover from the several Ponzi schemes that have claimed numerous victims here in recent months. Another friend, Colin Steele, believes that coming out to one of Kingston’s premier bars is probably part of the recovery.

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Why so many assumptions?

Speaking with friends and colleagues is always useful for getting to know each other and sharing cares and fears, ambitions and failures. But there is a particularly awkward moment in a conversation that sometimes really irritates me. You know, when someone stares at you like you are not from this planet because you do not know the answer to a question or you are unfamiliar with a subject? You are also looked at as some unearthly being because you unknowingly asked a 'stupid' question.

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Crime Occupies Too Much Thought

The euphoria is over, or close to it. And while our fraternity with Obama and the world made us feel good for a moment, we have to come back to earth now. More specifically, we have to come back to Jamaica’s own domestic situation.

This abduction business is getting worrisome, as is crime in general. Concerned people are especially perturbed by the amount of children that are victims of what seems like a crime spree.

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