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Stand by me

Rick Lowe From the documentary "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music". They did an amazing job coordinating musicians all over the world to accomplish this video. Enjoy. Read more about it here... Thanks to TS for sending this link along. Read more →

The GDP of the US as compared to other countries

Rick Lowe I had the pleasure of seeing Dr. Bruce Yandle of the Mercatus Center make two presentations on Thursday past. One at the College of The Bahamas, and the other for a Nassau Institute event. One of the very intriguing charts he included in his presentation for the students... Read more →

Bahamians we better "change or suffer"

Edward Hutcheson (First published in the Letters column in The Tribune and posted here with the kind permission of the author.) Mr.Christie would be seen as a wise man if he had the ability to look carefully at what he is saying or what persons ask him to say, and... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Democracy and Human Rights

Tibor R. Machan Tim Snyder made a very important observation on democracy and human rights in a recent piece for The New York Review of Books. He wrote, “As important as democratic procedures might be, opponents of communism in Eastern Europe spoke more often of human rights. Without human rights,... Read more →

On Baha Mar in Nassau. More questions than answers?

by Edward Hutcheson (First published in The Tribune, this Letter to the Editor is posted here with the kind permission of the author) This week’s media coverage has crystallized the opinions of some, including myself, about what should be done about and with the Bahamar project. It is apparent that... Read more →

Did somebody let the dogs out?

by Jerome Pinder I hate to sound like Chicken Little and I won't go as far as saying the sky is falling in, but the last time I checked things were pretty grim in the Bahamas. - Crime is at an all time high, with no apparent will by the... Read more →

A few links of interest

Rick Lowe The Power of Freedom America's 'Plan' to Destabilize China Is Government help the right approach? Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Amorality of Macroeconomics

Tibor R. Machan In a surprisingly sensible essay in The New York Times, on Sunday October 17, 2010, David Segal gives a pretty good explanation of why macroeconomics is so unsuccessful. It’s human nature, stupid. People just aren’t predictable--will they do this or that when provided with easy money from... Read more →

The Bahamas and Crime - the clock is ticking

Sidney Sweeting, DDS It is impossible to live in any country where there are no complaints about the way the country is being governed, the quality of service at the utility companies, the unpaved roads, the dirty beaches, the malfunctioning traffic lights,etc. We could however, have streets paved with gold,... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Cost of Lack of Trust

Tibor R. Machan Over the last couple of days a bunch of announcements came from our government, including warning about travel to Europe where terror plans are said to be afoot by Al-Qaeda. Another warning came from the man convicted of trying to blow up Times Square--he said after he... Read more →