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Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine

One often hears the assertion that Ronald Reagan was not very astute, but as far back as 1960's he understood what a destructive force Socialised Medicine would be and he states his case quite eloquently in the following YouTube presentation. There is no video because the speech was a long... Read more →

Bahamas Minister of State for Immigration Speaks to Chamber of Commerce Luncheon

Ms. Elma Campbell, Senator and Minister of State for Immigration was the keynote speaker at a luncheon for the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, October 25, 2007 and while her speech is not yet available online I'd like to give my summary: Members of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce... Read more →

Christmas in The Bahamas for Government agencies et al

Well it's that time of year again when local business will be inundated by agencies, departments, ministries and corporations of the government for requests to donate to their Christmas parties like this request from the Public Hospitals Authority. As soon as we received their fax request we called them to... Read more →

Through my lens - I'm Outta here

Taken at dusk on the way back from Rose Island with some friends. There were five of these herons on the rocks. A most unusual sight. We assumed that the wind was too high for them to get home so they decided to camp out on the rocks. The boat... Read more →

Nils Lofgren - Song Of The Week - October 29, 2007

I remember being taken by Nils Logren's sound when I first heard No Mercy many years ago. This weeks music feature is Some Must Dream from his Acoustic Live CD. Hope you enjoy it. Check out his web site here... and his MySpace site here... And most importantly, buy some... Read more →

Thinking about crime in The Bahamas - Again!

I know, it's dangerous for me to do too much thinking, but at The Nassau Institute's monthly discussion group series last Thursday, October 25, 2007 the conversation inevitably turned to our crime problem. One of the causes suggested is the fact that we have no family structure anymore. And I... Read more →

Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence

As I have said before, TED is an amazing web site and whenever I watch a video there I come away having learned a lot and have been left with a lot to think about. With all the violence around Nassau, Bahamas these days, the title of this presentation by... Read more →

Ayn Rand Said it

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). Read more about Ayn Rand... Read more →

Bahamas Uncensored. Over the edge?

From time to time I read Bahamas Uncensored, a web site that could be written by PLP Member of Parliament Fred Mitchell, and while the tone is often derogatory in the extreme, in recent months it has been over the edge. In their sardonic editorial of Sunday, October 21, 2007... Read more →

PLP and Election Court

The PLP, and Mrs. Allyson Maynard Gibson in particular are challenging the results of the May 2007 election on the grounds that people voted in the Pinewood Constituency and they did not live there, making their votes invalid. Should the Court agree, Mrs. Gibson will be declared the winner of... Read more →