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Pat Rahming live! Always an incredible experience

Rick Lowe Well after many years we got to see Pat Rahming live again reading his poetry and singing his songs - and a couple songs by other artists as well. He pretty much covered the waterfront of his repertoire: Package Deal, The Politician, Special Kind'a Lady, Long Island Breeze,... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Democrats Against Democracy?

Tibor R. Machan Am I alone in finding the Wisconsin Democrats who have been AWOL anything but democratic? Sure, they weren’t doing anything illegal like soldiers who go absent without leave. But that’s a legalism that makes little difference here. What counts is that these Democrats refuse to join their... Read more →

Your not so humble blogger will be on Island FM today

Rick Lowe Hope you can listen in to Parliament Street on Island FM 102.9 at 4:00pm today. I'm not sure how we will fill two hours so you might need to call in please. Read more →

Ed Crane of Cato Institute on the Dignity of the Individual - Civil Society vs Political Society

The Cato Institute is just chock a block with incredible material. Ed Crane, Cato's founder and president, delivers a brilliant address below. Hope you can listen. Read more →

On traffic lights and random links

Rick Lowe On Traffic Lights Thankfully there is now a team getting the traffic lights in order. I'm sure their work is cut out for them but the lights at the Village Road extension and Mackey Street were back on Friday morning. Now we must have a national driving refresher... Read more →

Protest against the sale of the Bahamas Telecommunication Corporation (BTC) is odd

Rick Lowe According to news reports, here... and here..., 800 to 1,000 people blocked Bay Street earlier this week in protest of the sale of BTC to Cable and Wireless/LIME and it all seems odd. Some people were saying that rights are being violated by selling BTC. But what rights... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Besmirching Libertarianism

Tibor R. Machan Now that libertarianism has gotten some publicity in mainstream forums, those who are convinced of its merit have much work to do. This is because of the well publicized distortions of the position in prominent forums, especially by well credentialed academics in law, political economy, ethics, philosophy,... Read more →

We're tex-ting rather than talking!

by Jerome Pinder Everywhere you go these days from work to church, home to a public venue, even the restroom, you hear the ring or buzz of a cell phone. In its New Year’s Special, the USA Today had an interesting article entitled “The year we stopped talking.” Click here... Read more →

Baha Mar has broken ground with the Chinese as their partners - three cheers

Rick Lowe Monday, February 21, 2011 must have been a special day for Mr. Sarkis Izmerlian as he is one step closer to fulfilling his vision for Baha Mar. Bahamian political dignitaries (Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Tourism, the leader of the Opposition and others) along with executives from... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Are Public Unions Unjust?

Tibor R. Machan Bona fide Labor unions work within a free market system where firms compete for customers who are normally able to switch from sellers of wares and services if they want to. Public works are noncompetitive, however. Workers who belong to public unions conduct their labor negotiations without... Read more →