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Mrs. Nicki Kelly on the "dilemma for PLP's racist faction

Rick Lowe Mrs. Kelly had a very thought provoking piece in her column for The Punch, Between The Lines, yesterday as usual. She raised the valid point that the PLP now have two "white" candidates in Ryan Pinder and Clay Sweeting as well as Dr. Andre Rollins who has a... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Holding One's Nose for Principles

Tibor R. Machan One of the difficulties with standing on principle is that often one is defending them when they are practiced by bad people. Or when bad conduct is involved. In both kinds of cases one may have no sympathy at all for the specific but still finds it... Read more →

Barenaked Ladies - Song of the week - February 21, 2011 - Light Up My Room

Rick Lowe Barenaked Ladies is a fun group. If I remember correctly Stunt was the first CD I got by them from which they had the hit One Week. However, my other favourite from the CD is Light Up My Room and I hope you enjoy it as much as... Read more →

On the voting process

Rick Lowe Dr. Sheldon Richman offers up a real treat every Friday in his "The Goal Is Freedom" column for The Freeman. Last Friday, February 18, 2011 he told us "There's Got To Be A Better Way: "Need I bring up that by the time the voters go to the... Read more →

Mr. Errington Watkins on Mr. Branville McCartney

Rick Lowe A lot of what Mr. Errington Watkins had to say in this Letter to the Editor in defence of Mr. Branville McCartney makes sense. For example, he rightly claims; (a) it's Mr. McCartney's Constitutional right to seek to be Prime Minister of The Bahamas, (b) a politicians generosity... Read more →

Tax Reform for The Bahamas

Rick Lowe In recent years numerous people have recommended that The Bahamas change the current tax regime from one dominated by Tariffs (Import Tax), to a Value Added Tax (VAT). From government and opposition supporters and other commentators alike, the main arguments against the present structure run like this: It's... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Krugman and Bias

Tibor R. Machan In a recent column Princeton economist a regular New York Times columnist Paul Krugman claims that the economics profession--including the editors of scholarly journals and the staff at econ departments--is fraught with bias. This is a serious charge, impugning the integrity of those involved. Any scientist in... Read more →

Can society deconstruct and then reconstruct our institutions at will?

Rick Lowe Dr. Steve Horwitz in his weekly column for The Freeman explains: When we construct a building, we don’t imagine it coming together without a master plan involving architects and engineers. In the social world, by contrast, institutions emerge as the unplanned outcome of human action. Or in Hayek’s... Read more →

The Chinese are coming, the Chinese are coming (to The Bahamas)

Rick Lowe A friend sent this link to an article in The Wall Street Journal on February 16, 2011, about the Chinese investment in Baha Mar. It's well worth the time to read, but here's a snippet I found most interesting: "China State Construction is known for building many of... Read more →

Did we learn nothing from the straw market fire?

by Ian Mabon Originally published in The Tribune Wednesday, February 16, 2011, and is posted here with the kind permission of the author. Having witnessed firsthand the fire that this morning (Monday, February 15, 2011) destroyed Kelly's dock and many of the surrounding businesses, the fire department stands disgraced yet... Read more →