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45 lessons life taught me

by Rick Lowe I'm not sure if this was actually written by the person noted, but they're neat thoughts any way. Sometimes we need some positive thoughts. Hope you enjoy it. Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio: "To celebrate growing older, I once... Read more →

The Bahamas and regulatory reform of electronic communications. A Town Meeting

The Bahamas Judicial System...a chilling account

by Rick Lowe Check out this post at the Nassau Institute. The topic is a speech about the Judiciary by Mr. Maurice Glinton, an attorney from Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahama. He raises some chilling issues. I wish there were more suggestions for improvement included though. Click here... to listen to... Read more →

Difficult days in The Bahamas as FNM Government releases the 2009, 2010 Budget

by Rick Lowe Ballooning deficits and declining GDP is leaving public finances in The Bahamas devastated, further enslaving future generations to a public debt that will exceed $4 billion before we read John Maynard Keynes, 410 page treatise, General Theory of Employment Interest and Money and Ludwig von Mises 930... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: "It's Only Money!"

by Tibor R. Machan How is it you never hear prominent critics of Western materialism and capitalism defending the likes of Bernard Madoff with the exclamation, "It's Only Money!"? If their disdain for money is honest, if they consider it something dirty and unimportant in human life. at least in... Read more →

Larry Smith, AKA Tough Call over at BahamaPundit rants

by Christopher D. Lowe Larry Smith AKA Tough Call, over at BahamaPundit had a great rant yesterday (read it by clicking here...) and it appears he might be getting as incensed as we all should be? Here's my two cents.. On the courts: ...If this spreads to the out islands... Read more →

Flooding in Nassau, Bahamas a serious issue with multiple effects

by Ian Mabon First published in The Tribune, Saturday, May 23, 2009 and republished here with the kind permission of the author. As we await the start of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season in two weeks time, I couldn’t help but notice the considerable flooding that resulted today (May 19,... Read more →

Don't miss the Nassau Institute event tonight at The Nassau Yacht Club

Mr. Maurice O. Glinton, Freeport based Counsel and Attorney, will provide an interesting perspective on The Judiciary here in Nassau on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 6:30pm at The Nassau Yacht Club, East Bay Street. His topic is: The Case for a Politically Accountable Judiciary . For more details click... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Bad Deja Vue

by Tibor R. Machan I was born on the eve of World War II and once I could think a bit for myself my life was surrounded in Budapest with the disaster of Soviet style socialism. One standard feature of that system is that everything is run or strictly managed... Read more →

PLP forms committee to investigate itself?

by Rick Lowe According to The Nassau Guardian: "The National General Council (NGC) of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has formed a committee to examine the report commissioned by high-ranking party members following the 2007 general election after inquires on the report were made by former Exuma Member of Parliament... Read more →