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Song of the week - June 30, 2008 - TED Talks - Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes

I look forward to receipt of the e-mails from TED, and the one received this past Friday was no different. One of the presentations was that of conductor Benjamin Zander. When you are done watching it, I'm sure your eyes will shine too. By the way, I'm in that group... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Science and Government

We are delighted to present Lessons in Freedom, essays by Dr. Tibor Machan, for your pleasure. Dr. Machan holds the R. C. Hoiles Chair in Business Ethics & Free Enterprise at Chapman University's Argyros School of B&E and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford University, CA). (www.Tibormachan.com)... Read more →

Bahamas Government Budget. The rubber is now hitting the road

As indicated here... at an earlier post, the recent budget presented to Parliament by the FNM as been hailed as a great piece of work that will masterfully assist the poor, and on and on. Recent events suggest to me that all this is simply a grand public relations exercise.... Read more →

A repsonse to The Bahamas Prime Minister from Freeport

Dear Editors, In response to the recent news article which appeared in the June 19 2008 edition of each of your respective newspapers, I respectfully offer the following as a licensee of the Grand Bahama Port Authority. Several comments were attributed to the Prime Minister Mr. Ingraham during the debate... Read more →

The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce meet the Minister Forum

Yesterday was the second annual Bahamas Chamber of Commerce, meet the Minister Forum where several government Cabinet Ministers appear on stage with brief introductory remarks and them field questions from the Chamber membership. It brings the government to the people in a more relaxed but respectful atmosphere. This event is... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Human Self Doubt

Doubting One’s Mind We are delighted to present Lessons in Freedom, essays by Dr. Tibor Machan, for your pleasure. Dr. Machan holds the R. C. Hoiles Chair in Business Ethics & Free Enterprise at Chapman University's Argyros School of B&E and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford... Read more →

Should we change the preamble to the Constitution of The Bahamas?

I'm not sure how true this is, and it might be a well intentioned joke, but it certainly is food for thought. NEW PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION This is probably the best e-mail I've seen in a long, long time. The following has been attributed to a State Representative from... Read more →

Guide To The Perfect Latin American Idiot

I'm just finishing up Guide To The Perfect Latin American Idiot (Idiot), by Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner and Alvaro Vargas Llosa. In Chapter Three, the authors discuss how the Latin American Idiot's Bible (Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano of Uraguay) suggests on page 13 that;... Read more →

Leslie Miller's campaign for "Justice" in The Bahamas

Over the weekend I had posted an entry to appear this morning, but when I read the Insight section of The Tribune on Monday I had to write something about this most tragic situation. The report indicates that Mario Miller, son of former PLP Cabinet Minister, Leslie Miller, was brutally... Read more →

Bahamas National Coalition for Health Care Reform (NCHCR) Report

Well the NCHCR has finally submitted it's report to the new Minister of Health. Click here... for a pdf copy. I should point out, in the interest of transparency, that I served on this coalition as a representative of the Nassau Institute. It was the Nassau Institute that first pulled... Read more →