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Bermuda - a comparison

by Sidney Sweeting, DDS My wife and I recently enjoyed a five day visit to Bermuda. Unfortunately, our enjoyment was tempered by our continuous comparison to Nassau. It began when we were in the customs line at the airport and we heard the announcement telling us which carousel our bags... Read more →

Marginalizing Middle Class Black & White Voters?

by Rick Lowe A recent edition of The Punch tabloid had a brief front page story detailing rumours of boundary changes for the upcoming general elections. The conjecture was that the Montague and St. Margaret's Constituencies would be combined into one seat. It is well known that these two seats... Read more →

Abomination of "rights"

by Joan Thompson Replacing an old refrigerator turned up a 1985 issue of The Nassau Guardian. The feature news item that October was a report on Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting hosted by The Bahamas. The subject was Apartheid in South Africa, and the discussion (among others) was the... Read more →

Have we lost our common sense?

by Sidney Sweeting Our immigration department decided to detain the illlegal immigrants in North Eleuthera last week and arrived on the island at 2am. It was common knowledge in the community by 10pm the previous evening. Those who were of illegal status had ample time to go into hiding Consequently,... Read more →

Comfortably Numb

by Rick Lowe Over the years Bahamians have insulated themselves from the services provided by the government corporations of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, the Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation and the Water & Sewerage Corporation. We have puchased generators for the constant electricity cuts, use the Internet to write e-mails instead of... Read more →

The Mercantilists

by Rick Lowe Dr. Don Boudreaux Chairman of the Economics Department at George Mason University, and one of the editors at Cafe Hayek is featured at TCS Daily with this article titled Dobbs' Disciples. It is an interesting read and points out the inherent error in believing that free trade... Read more →

Humour

by Rick Lowe Dennis Miller is one of today's great comedians. His "Rants" are intelligent and funny and his whit is brilliantly penetrating. One of his superb "Rants" is on "Sobriety". He closes with some "blurred signposts that might signal you're weaving down the road to alcoholism. 1. If you... Read more →

Should local egg producers be protected from imports?

Check out the latest commentary by our friends at the Nassau Institute. This week's topic is whether or not local egg producers should be protected from imported eggs. Here's a little snippet: It is interesting that bureaucrats believe they know best what eggs everyone should buy, but to allow any... Read more →

Civil Society Bahamas Ltd to discuss National Health Insurance

Civil Society Bahamas Ltd (CSB) will host a town meeting on the proposed National Health Insurance Plan at 7:30pm, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at The College of The Bahamas Lecture Theatre. Presenters from The Ministry of Health and National Insurance, the Medical Association of The Bahamas, the Trade Union Congress,... Read more →

Cuba's resident ambassador makes a plea

by Rick Lowe Believe it or not Cuba thinks they deserve a seat at the newly revised Human Rights Commission at the United Nations and they want the support of The Bahamas to help them obtain it. Mr. Felix Wilson, the Cuban Ambassador went to great lengths in the Tribune... Read more →