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Bahamas Parliament: If everyone was listening

The budget debate is over, at least in the lower Chamber, and will be debated by the Senate in time for the new fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008. In this earlier post... noting some of the positive things I had seen, but having watched replays of more of the... Read more →

Bahamian Fragments: Bits and Pieces from the History of The Bahamas

Christopher Lowe, one of our fellow bloggers, passed this interesting site... on. Hope you enjoy it. Read more →

The Devlins - Song of the week - June 16, 2008 There Is A Light

I've somehow ended up with two of the four compact discs released by this Irish duo The Devlins. And both of them are worth the purchase. Following is my favourite tune from their Consent CD, titled, There Is A Light. Hope you enjoyed that? If so log on or run... Read more →

Charlie Rose interviews Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria on the Rise of the Rest and the post American world. Some very interesting thoughts. Some I agree with, others I don't, but it is worth a listen. To paraphrase a line from the interview, can economics trump politics? Read his article for Newsweek, The Rise of the... Read more →

Crime in The Bahamas

Sometimes a picture says more than words. The Minister for National Security has finally released the crime statistics for the year so far. Thanks to The Nassau Guardian for the chart, copied from their Friday edition. Any thoughts? Read more →

The late great Tim Russert

The sudden death of the great journalist and host of 'Meet the Press' Tim Russert is shocking. I recall flipping through the television channels yesterday and being absolutely stunned, and even overcome with a sense of lost, to learn that such a model journalist and family man had met his... Read more →

The Bahamas Budget Parliamentary Debate

The annual debate of the Budget of The Bahamas Government is in its final stages, and should be completed by the time this blog becomes visible. Unfortunately I was only able to see parts of the presentations of Messrs. Malcolm Adderley, Tommy Turnquest and Hubert Ingraham, but I feel compelled... Read more →

Bahamas at the Crossroads?

The web site Songfacts says that the song Crossroads, ...was originally recorded by Blues musician Robert Johnson in the 1930s. According to legend, Johnson went to the crossroads and made a deal with the devil, giving up his soul for the ability to play the blues. The story originates from... Read more →

Public Policy Ideas for The Bahamas

Bahamians, particularly some of our politicians, believe we have to reinvent the wheel where public policy is concerned. In fact, our present Minister of Health, when given the opportunity to receive free advice from a renowned health care economist, turned it down saying to your not so humble blogger that... Read more →

World Gone Mad - Cases of Mark Steyn and the new president of the UN General Assembly

One of our regular readers sent along a couple links that made your not so humble blogger wonder if the world has gone mad. The Case of Mark Steyn First of all, it's the story of Mark Steyn, and Maclean's Magazine having been summoned to appear before Canada's Human Right's... Read more →