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What is the Bahamas Government's benchmark for murder?

by Sidney Sweeting, DDS (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) Bahamians have reached the point that the main topic of conversation is crime and particularly the number of murders. As of August 22, 2009 there were 53 murders recorded for the year. Finally, the Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest announced that the Royal Bahamas... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: TANSTAAFHC

by Tibor R. Machan (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) "But saying something is "free" will not make it so. Among the few free goods and provisions in the world health care is certainly not one." TANSTAAFL is an acronym for "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch," popularized, according to Wikipedia, "by... Read more →

Okkervil River - Song of the week - August 30, 2009 - Plus Ones

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) Here's an interesting new band. I'm not sure how I stumbled on their new CD the Stage Names, but I'm sure glad I did. Hope you enjoy Plus Ones below. Check out their intriguing video of Lost Coastlines. Visit their web site here... and buy their... Read more →

Socialism, Free Enterprise, and the Common Good: Father Sirico at Hillsdale College

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) Father Robert Sirico of the Acton Institute gave an eloquent address (as usual) at Hillsdale College a couple years back, and it's worth reading again. "In chapter 21 of St. Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus proposes a moral dilemma in the form of a parable: A man asks... Read more →

Has manufacturing declined in the US?

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) If one spends a lot of time listening to many of talking heads or reading a number of the "progressive" columnists about US manufacturing, you would believe that it is spiraling downward, out of control. However, Professor Don Boudreaux corrects that myth in his blog of... Read more →

What could the Bahamas Government be thinking?

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) The Bahamas is facing its worst recession in many years with businesses having to down size and families having to cut back where ever possible to make ends meet. Rumour has it that cash flow is hard to come by for the government, leading to cut... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Torture and Pragmatism

by Tibor R. Machan (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) Torturing someone involves inflicting pain and misery on the victim in the hope of obtaining something he or she is unwilling to give up. The purpose can vary from simple cruelty, as when youngsters on the playground torture one of their kind to see the... Read more →

Another one from the Caribbean that doesn't get it

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) A friend sent this article from the Jamaica Observer with the author lamenting the fact that his country now has to pay the piper (IMF), and of course the fault does not lie with the Jamaican government. That's pure hog wash of course, but I guess... Read more →

Progressivism in The Bahamas

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) Back on August 13, 2009 I posted this blog challenging a columnist called "Simon" about a couple of the ideas s/he expressed in a missive about the education problems in The Bahamas. I referred to statists and have been challenged in a private e-mail exchange about... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: “Tempered by Government?”

by Tibor R. Machan (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) ...cheerleaders, the likes of Paul Krugman, Louis Uchitelle and many, many others who probably sit and wait so as to get the nice government job of running other people’s economic lives! There must be some enormous carrot stimulating the proponents of a closely monitored and... Read more →