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Look Mommy, The Emperor has no clothes

Sidney Sweeting, DDS (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) This blog is the first in a series to show that the crown is losing it's lustre. In March 2009, Vanity Fair magazine rolled out a special issue replete with "historic portraits of Washington's new establishment". The first group photos showcased Obama's seven A-list cabinet members... Read more →

Why are we wasting time to register and vote in The Bahamas?

Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) The PLP is obviously in search of a mission, so here are a couple ideas for them. There are so many policy issues they could be offering alternative positions on it's almost laughable. The problem for them is that both political parties here are so much alike... Read more →

Litter Bugs, A Constant Problem for The Bahamas

Jerome Pinder (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) Each day my drive to work takes me down Bernard Road. Almost on a daily basis I sit in bumper to bumper traffic and watch school children throw trash on the side of the road. Take a drive down Bernard Road heading west, both in the front... Read more →

Ideas for The Bahamas: British MEP Daniel Hannan on the National Health Service, Enoch Powell, and His Libertarian Plan for Britain

Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) The Bahamas government or the Official Opposition could learn from the young man featured in the Reason.tv video below. On top of that, his book THE PLAN: twelve months to RENEW BRITAIN, co-authored with Douglas Carswell provides some easy steps on how to take government closer to... Read more →

Bahamian Justice - Does it favor the criminal?

Sidney Sweeting, DDS (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) At the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of East Nassau several years ago the speaker (a lawyer) was making her case for a request to Government through the sympathy of the public to stop the order for the death penalty of a convicted murderer. A... Read more →

You cannot help the wage earner by bringing down the wage payer...Lincoln

Hat tip to DP for sending this along. Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Must they all be troubled?

Tibor R. Machan (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) As millions of others, I too like going to the movies, renting them or catching them on cable, even regular TV. Not that I do this a lot--I also entertain myself with novels, non-fiction works, and my brand new iPod, with its about 15 thousand selections... Read more →

Solomon Burke - Song of the week - September 21, 2009 - Only A Dream

Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) I picked up Solomon Burke's 2002 release, Don't Give Up On Me sometime back, and every now and then I play it. His soulful sound, singing songs by none other than Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe are well, just wonderful. Please visit his... Read more →

Why Health Care Will Never Be Equal - Greg Mankiw

Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) "The push for universal coverage is based on the appealing premise that everyone should have access to the best health care possible whenever they need it. That soft-hearted aspiration, however, runs into the hardheaded reality that state-of-the-art health care is increasingly expensive. At some point, someone in... Read more →

The Bahamian Work Ethic

Sidney Sweeting, DDS (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) A friend of mine is manager of a store in one of the family islands and I asked him what time his staff get to work and his reply was "when the spirit moves them." Unfortunately, there is a lot of truth in what he said... Read more →