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Building Stonehenge - This Man can move Anything

by Rick Lowe One of our regular readers sent this You Tube video along. It's fascinating. Enjoy. Read more →

More sad news about the British National Health Service

by Rick Lowe According to this report by Amy Iggulden in the British newspaper the Telegraph, NHS dentists are now refusing to treat patients with bad teeth "because they do not get paid enough to carry out the work". It's very discouraging when politicians can't see the benefit of the... Read more →

Milton Friedman. Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest.

by Rick Lowe Dr. Friedman released this essay in January 1976. Twenty one years later his points remain as relevant as the day he released them. He deals quite effectively with "the myth of the robber baron, the myth of the Great Depression, the myth that there is an underlying... Read more →

Chinese Currency & Bahamian Property Rights

by Joan Thompson This blog is a result of comments made to this article on "Cuban Illusions & Reality" over at The Nassau Institute's web site. I came across an interesting situation on a visit to China about 15 years ago. The living standards then of the average Chinese family... Read more →

Willy Mason - Song of the week - May 28, 2007

by Rick Lowe Willy Mason is a relatively young artist with a great new release titled The Ocean Gets Rough. Gotta Keep Walking is the opening track. Visit his web site here.... Don't forget to buy the CD, it's excellent. Read more →

Tyler Cowen reviews new book on economist Joseph Schumpeter

by Rick Lowe Tyler Cowen, who blogs at Marginal Revolution recently reviewed the new biography of Joseph Schumpeter by Thomas K. McCraw. The book is titled Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. He titled his review, Schumpeter Revealed and here is a little snippet: Forbes magazine once suggested... Read more →

Ron Paul ruffling feathers

by Rick Lowe The following video is very interesting. This appears to fit the adage that if you ruffle everyone's feathers you might be correct with the view being expressed. What do you think? Read more →

On why race matters

by Rick Lowe Nicollette Bethel is attempting to get the discussion of race in The Bahamas going again in this blog titled On Why Race Matters where I have left the following comments. Let me jump in with both feet. You suggest that so few White Bahamians are involved in... Read more →

Through Your Lens

by Rick Lowe Racoon in the garden. Click on image to enlarge. Photograph compliments of Ms. Shelley Troppe. Read more →

One cheer for the FNM Speech from the Throne. Government accountability at last?

by Rick Lowe In The Tribune this morning there was a brief snippet regarding the new FNM government promising to pass laws to make Parliamentarians accountable. This is good news. I have been harping on for years about successive governments passing laws to keep citizens in check with jail time... Read more →