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Urban Renewal and Conflict Resolution

By Adrian Gibson First published in The Tribune on Friday, December 29, 2006 under the byline, Young Man's View. WITH the country on the brink of eclipsing 60 murders and setting a extremely despicable record, it is obvious that crime has gripped our society in a most undesirable way. It... Read more →

Dennis Miller on Global Warming

by Rick Lowe Dennis MIller is one of my favourite comedians and he does not disappoint in this You Tube presentation of his "Rant" about Global Warming on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Enjoy. Read more →

The Sea Hauler Tragedy

by Adrian Gibson First published in The Tribune on Friday, December 22, 2006 under the byline, Young Man's View. IT is a crying shame that victims of the Bahamas’ worst sea tragedy would go to the extent of handcuffing themselves to the gate of Prime Minister Perry Christie’s residence to... Read more →

The Education Conundrum.

By John Farmer. As another calendar year comes to a close, it is long past time for a serious debate on educational reform in this country. There is no point in waiting for yet another round of miserable results followed by the usual bout of handwringing regarding the abject failure... Read more →

Three cheers for the gas retailers as they finally bite back at Leslie Miller's heels

by Rick Lowe For the past few years Mr. Leslie Miller, Minister of Agriculture and former Minister of Trade and Industry spent an inordinate amount of time verbally abusing the gas station owners and the oil companies as a result of escalating gas prices. I call the verbal attacks The... Read more →

Royal Bahamas Defense Force Officers Accused of Beating a Civilian

by Adrian Gibson First published in The Tribune on Friday, December 1, 2006 under the byline, Young Man's View. It is disturbing when law enforcement officers are accused of brutally and publicly beating an Inguan man last Sunday. According to The Tribune, Dexter Wilson, a 27-year-old Morton Salt marine worker,... Read more →

Is "Fair Trade" a fraud?

by Rick Lowe This post over at the Globalisation Institute puts the lie to the "Fair Trade" myth. In summary, they note that "Fair Trade is a good marketing ploy, but that’s all it is. It does very little good, and may do a lot of harm. Concern for the... Read more →

On a Cabinet Minister (Vincent Peet) and a stash of US cash

by Adrian Gibson First published in The Tribune on Friday, November 24, 2006 under the byline, Young Man's View. THERE is something awfully fishy about a government minister stashing away thousands of dollars in US currency. In the November 17, 2006 edition of The Tribune, a former driver of Financial... Read more →

The Justice Lyons Controversy

by Adrian Gibson First published in The Tribune on Friday, November 17, 2006 under the byline, Young Man's View. ALLYSON Maynard- Gibson is the first Attorney General in the history of the Bahamas to talk so much! Mrs. Gibson seemingly fails to understand that, due to her position, her never-ending... Read more →

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...I think?

by Rick Lowe Every so often a great chain e-letter passes through. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. A "Politically Correct" holiday greeting. It is so difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. Please accept with no obligation, implied or... Read more →