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Camel - Song of the week - May 31, 2010 - Hymn To Her

Rick Lowe I think I've admitted before that I grew up a huge fan of what was known as progressive rock. Pink Floyd of course, Genesis, and Barclay James Harvest to name a few. And there's a also another British (what else) band called Camel. I have several albums by... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Education: Philosophical versus Political Correctness

Tibor R. Machan You will know what I am after here when I tell you how much I dislike it when people talk of "her majesty" or "his highness" as they talk of various pretenders to heads of countries around the globe and throughout human history. For me such terms... Read more →

The Education Cartel - The scale might be different, but the issues are the same here in The Bahamas

Why don't our leaders get it? It's our children we're failing. Read more →

Economic Lessons for The Bahamas?

Rick Lowe I had the pleasure to meet Professor Emmett at a colloquium at The Liberty Fund last year. He is a most engaging gentleman. Hope you enjoy his presentation for TEDx and that of his colleague Professor Ritchie. Ross B. Emmett - Innovation is an Act of Love Bryan... Read more →

Biting back. Some ideas for attaining fiscal responsibility in The Bahamas

Rick Lowe Yesterday I asked for ideas on what our readers would do to help sort the country's economic woes out. These were my two quick ones: 1. Set limits on tax levels as a percentage of GDP, possibly even a Constitutional amendment. 2. Give BahamasAir to the management and... Read more →

Reality bites us all at budget time in The Bahamas

Rick Lowe Not to repeat myself, but... We all know successive governments have been fiscally irresponsible for decades. 43 years of budget deficits and profligate spending and borrowing as if tomorrow would never come. Well guess what? Tomorrow if here!!! I've stated my case about this, but if you were... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Who is Free to Discriminate?

Tibor R. Machan Everyone who is awake discriminates—it is what people do with their minds, it’s the way they know the world, more or less well. The kind of discrimination that’s objectionable is when people use irrelevant attributes of others to classify them—like their race when hiring them for jobs... Read more →

Why can't we police the illegal numbers business in The Bahamas?

by Jerome Pinder In a recent Guardian article entitled "PM to make gambling statement," it is stated that our Prime Minister is distressed and discomforted by our inability to police our laws in the Bahamas with respect to the numbers business. But why can't we? As of today's Tribune article... Read more →

Bahamas Government to present 2010 - 2011 budget today

Rick Lowe Well today is the day we've been waiting for. Or is it? According to the newspaper yesterday, the Prime Minister has hinted at some austerity measures or belt tightening, but, on top of that we're told additional taxes are on the way. The political class forged ahead for... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Dealing with Racists in a Free Market

Tibor R. Machan Finally, with the Rand Paul furor, we have an issue in politics worthy of sustained, serious attention--How should people who act badly be dealt with? More particularly how should people who discriminate based on irrelevancies such as race, sex, national origin, physical impediments, etc., be treated? Should... Read more →