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News flash Bahamas: Got any jobs?

Christopher D. Lowe I’ve noticed a trend lately, which is a bit disturbing. With so many out of work in Grand Bahama, people inquiring about jobs has increased tremendously, to quite a few per day. What is disturbing is this: When told we are not hiring, or do not have... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: It wasn't Capitalism, Stupid

Tibor R. Machan The Sunday, April 25, 2010, issue of The NYT Magazine carried a very clearly written essay by Roger Lowenstein, titled "Cracked Foundation, Fannie and Freddie are Broken. What would fixing them mean?" It further substantiates the point I have been making in numerous columns, essays and scholarly... Read more →

Some links of interest

Rick Lowe Financial Post: Humanity - Earth's best friend The Calling at FEE's The Freeman: Is Obama a Socialist? Enjoy! Read more →

Car Theft Rings in The Bahamas and a Market for Stolen Parts!

by Jerome Pinder The following headline appeared in The Tribune on the 26th April 2010: "Man turns himself in after seizure of vehicle parts." According to the report the police searched a house and found doors, windshields, head lights, air conditioning units, fenders, rims, bumpers, etc...... It seems the main... Read more →

NIB no longer negotiating with the Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association

Rick Lowe "Those are the terms we are offering. We are not negotiating at all." Algernon Cargill Mr. Algernon Cargill, Director of the National Insurance Board (NIB) has decided that he's not waiting for the Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association (BPA) to get back to him to negotiate the terms of the... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Is the U. S. Self-Interested?

Tibor R. Machan It baffles me why so many people are apologetic about the U. S. having a self-interested foreign policy. When President Obama recently declared that the U. S. "is not a self-interested empire," the part about being self-interested, pace Obama, sounded just right to me. (It is the... Read more →

Weblog gets honourary mention by Michael LaFaive at Mackinac

Rick Lowe Michael LaFaive of the Mackinac Center for public Policy in Michigan gave us honourary mention in his post about Michael Moore and his possible subsidy from the Michigan government. Hey, wait a minute, I thought Michael Moore abhorred government subsidies for business??? Thanks Mike! Enjoy. Read more →

Is there hope for public education in The Bahamas?

Rick Lowe This post... got me to thinking a little more in depth about our public educational system. I know that's dangerous, but here goes. The subject of education is an easy target regarding government failure, particularly if one wants to be cynical about it. The entire country knows there's... Read more →

Photos of Eyjafjallajokull Volcano Eruption from the Boston Globe

Rick Lowe Click this link for some amazing photos. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do this, but here's one example of the fabulous photography. Enjoy Read more →

Child Abuse in The Bahamas and around the World!

by Jerome Pinder A recent Tribune article entitled "Man charged with abusing young boys" reported that a 36 year old man was arraigned before the courts for abusing four young boys. The man was charged with having sex with the four youngsters who are between the ages and 2 and... Read more →