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Justice Delayed is Justice Denied, or is it no Justice at all?

by Jerome Pinder On the 7thOctober 2007, Agnes Sylvia Cates was found murdered in her bedroom in Rock Sound, Eleuthera. To date, over three years after her murder, not one single piece of evidence has been presented in Court. Here is a highlight of the events, subsequent to Mrs Cates’... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Proper Promotion of Liberty

Tibor R. Machan The policy of imposing liberal regimes around the globe has proven to be a disaster and no wonder. It is simply not feasible to coerce people to be free--the idea is an oxymoron. "...success is far more likely if the promotion of the free system is itself... Read more →

An historic day in The Bahamas Three cheers for the FNM on finally privatising BTC

Rick Lowe It's been over a decade but today history was made with the government finally privatising the public phone company, BTC, by selling 51% to Cable & Wireless. As expected the vote was 22 Yes and 18 No. Every Opposition MP voted against. Today marks a positive new beginning... Read more →

Opposition politics: a conundrum. Try a little intellectual integrity

Rick Lowe Having been involved in political campaigns for a couple decades I'm always bemused by die hard party supporters. If they're the opposition they expect the government party supporters to have open minds (i.e. Oppose any government initiative). But, if they were the governing party they would expect their... Read more →

Can't beat the Florida Everglades in Winter

Rick Lowe We recently had an opportunity to visit the Florida Eveglades and the wildlife there is simply incredible most times of the year, but in winter it's spectacular. Hope you enjoy these photos. Click on each image for a larger view. Read more →

Dr. Walter Williams interviewed by Reason.tv

Rick Lowe Reaon.tv, an affiliate of Reason.com dishes up some neat videos. None better than this recent interview of Dr. Walter Williams, one of my heroes, though. Hope you can take the time to watch it. Here's Reason's teaser: "Reason.tv's Nick Gillespie recently sat down with Williams to talk about... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Genuine Military Defense Anyone?

Tibor R. Machan Why, again, is America getting involved in a war abroad, indeed, thousands of miles from its borders? Is the answer nothing more complicated than “It’s oil, stupid”? If so, this is very wrong. As much as one may object to the Libyan government’s ownership claims to oil... Read more →

Politicking and Democracy. What’s the difference?

Edward Hutcheson I have spent the last two weeks looking at the nation and people of the Bahamas, attempted to write letters and found myself reaching some rebellious conclusions about what answers and remedies should be about. Speaking to an older friend reminded me that life is not about answers,... Read more →

Justice delayed is justice denied

Sidney Sweeting, DDS While all Bahamians will agree that the Bahamian judiciary is in serious need of repair, I personally believe that the court system in Harbour Island could serve as the "poster boy" for all that is wrong in the judiciary. Law schools could send students to sit in... Read more →

Dave Mason - Song of the week - March 21, 2011 - 40,000 Headmen (Live)

Rick Lowe I guess I first came across Dave Mason as a solo artist with his release of his self titled album in 1974 with his great version of Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower. Ah, the memories. For those of you that don't know, Dave Mason was the guitarist... Read more →