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A Happy and Blessed Merry Christmas to the entire Bahamas. May this be a peaceful, fun-filled and happy time of year for all and sundry. Read more →

What's So Bad about Big Government Anyway?

Rick Lowe If you're a frequent visitor to this blog you will know that one of my pet peeves is that The Bahamas Government is far too big and costs the taxpayer far too much, but as George Leef points out in the following article from 1997 for The Freeman,... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Do We Have a Moral Nature?

Tibor R. Machan It is often held, by admirers of modern science (which took off around about the 15th century) that if human beings are parts of nature, there can be no room for morality in their lives. They are then simply complicated machines working as they must, with no... Read more →

Bahamas Chamber chief backs VAT calls

Rick Lowe Tribune Business reporter, Alison Lowe ran this article yesterday about the IMF's suggestion that The Bahamas implement a Value Added Tax in an effort to get its fiscal house in order and the president of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce, Khaillis Rolle supports the idea. She quotes Mr.... Read more →

Entrepreneurs being bound 'by ball and chain' - BTC to blame?

Published in The Tribune on:Wednesday, December 22, 2010 By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian technology developers are being bound by "a ball and chain", particularly when it comes to developing applications for international markets, by this nation's outdated telecommunications technology and services, one company yesterday saying there was "no... Read more →

The Country's Infrastructure

Rick Lowe A friend sent a photograph of a tree in a pot hole in the middle of the Marsh Harbour airport drive. It was obviously meant to be funny but critical of the islands infrastructure that is badly in need of repair in many areas. Riding around New Providence... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Paul Krugman’s Trashy Debating Style

Tibor R. Machan Looks like critics of the free market are at their whit’s end. At least one of the most prominent of them clearly appears to be. Princeton economics professor and columnist for The New York Times Paul Krugman has always been discourteous to those with whom he disagrees... Read more →

Nassau Harbour needs security at Fort Montague

Ken Chaplin The following letter first appeared in The Tribune on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 and is posted here with the kind permission of the author. I write as a concerned Bahamian regarding safety and security in Nassau harbour with particular concern for the eastern end of the harbour. I... Read more →

State Budgets: Day of Reckoning

Rick Lowe Could this be what The Bahamas is facing with our out of control debt levels if we keep going the way we're going? Hat Tip to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy's, Capitol Confidential. Read more →