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The Nassau Institute - A worthy enterprise in The Bahamas

Rick Lowe Your not so humble blogger was recently asked to welcome a group here for a conference at Atlantis as a result of my role as Vice President of The Nassau Institute. Here is the meat and potatoes of our brief welcome: The Nassau Institute is a libertarian/free market... Read more →

Page & Plant - Song of the week - February 22, 2010 - Gallows Pole

Rick Lowe I had forgotten I had this CD tucked away on the shelf. Of course the Page and Plant are Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of that great British group Led Zeppelin. Well Gallows Pole, off Led Zeppelin III that was released in 1970, is a song I loved... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Is Fear of Our Government Rational?

Tibor R. Machan Too often now when some people voice fear of the American government, whether it is its policy involving Homeland Security or health care reform, one is accused of being irrational or paranoid. It is that familiar "It can't happen here" syndrome at work. But there are good... Read more →

In Cuba, license plates tag drivers... It could have been in The Bahamas too...

Rick Lowe Every now and then a story makes the press about the repressive regime in Cuba. This one, at the Associated Press should make your hair stand on edge. I'm told that at the Constitutional Conference for The Bahamas in the early 1970's the PLP Government of the day... Read more →

Why do we have lawlessness in the Bahamas?

by Jerome Pinder According to media reports and eyewitnesses, a PLP supporter struck our DPM on the shoulder, as he turned to walk away after trying to calm her down during a confrontation with loyal FNM supporters. In any other civilized Country in the world, this individual would have been... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Tiger Woods Dishonored Himself

Tibor R. Machan So Tiger Woods apologized for his "selfish behavior." Of course, what he did was to dishonor himself, his human self that is, not benefit it at all. Indeed, this allegedly selfish conduct of Mr. Woods has produced a few hours of sensual pleasure at the expense of... Read more →

Stranger than fiction. Elizabeth Constituency By-Election New Providence, Bahamas.

Rick Lowe Well another 24 hours has past and the FNM have prevailed in the recount with a razor thin, two vote margin. Following are my spreadsheets of the unofficial count from election night and the recount results as reported in the press: Who would have predicted all the events... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Are our "Leaders" Superior?

Tibor R. Machan When people talk about how market agents need to be regulated because, well, without it they could do bad things, it never fails to amaze me how narrow-minded is this line of reasoning. When human beings are fit for regulation by others, they are usually children and... Read more →

Issues around the Elizabeth Constituency Bye-Election in The Bahamas

Rick Lowe As we all know by now, at 9:00pm on Tuesday night, the unofficial count for the Elizabeth Bye-Election had Dr. Duane Sands of the FNM winning by 1 vote. The Unofficial count ended up as follows: FNM 1,501, PLP 1,500, BDM 115, WP 21 and NDP 73 With... Read more →

Can Tipping Points Make a Change in The Bahamas?

by Jerome Pinder In his book “The Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell speaks extensively about social epidemics and how changing little things can make a big difference. He speaks to the rise and fall of crime in New York City. Most of us have heard about the crime wave that impacted... Read more →