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The Bahamas: Small Country Great Athletes, Is it Chris Brown’s Year?

Alpheus Finlayson Chris Brown has been one of the most durable quarter milers the Bahamas has ever produced. Hailing from Wemyss Bight, Eleuthera and nicknamed “The Fireman”, Brown was born on October 15th, 1978. After competing on the world scene since 1999, Brown was finally able to win an IAAF... Read more →

The Bahamas is for Bahamians?

Rick Lowe This statement,"The Bahamas is for Bahamians" always confounds me, particularly when we consider the people that say it the loudest and most often. Let's call them Quasi-Natioanlists or QN's for short? Usually the protagonists of this point of view are businessmen or professionals (including politicians) that have benefited... Read more →

The Bahamian Court system - time is short, very short.

Sidney Sweeting, DDS On March 21, 2011 I posted a blog on the circus at Harbour Island, which some call the court, which postpones case after case, adnauseum - one case from Spanish Wells has ben going on for three years. I was referring to a particular case which has... Read more →

Roots of Egypt’s Revolt: A persepctive from the Middle East

Nouh El Harmouzi This article was first published in the May 2011 • Volume: 61 • Issue: 4 • of The Freeman and is reprinted here with the kind permission of the author. See the original commentary here… Roots of Egypt’s Revolt Egypt has been a pressure cooker for decades.... Read more →

The Allman Brothers Band - Song of the week - May 30, 2011 - Statesboro Blues (Live)

Rick Lowe Undoubtedly one of the best bands to come out of the South! I recently purchased Stand Back: The Anthology by The Allman Brothers Band, and man is it good. I'm sure I have all the songs among my collection of albums and compact discs, but it's nice having... Read more →

Decarbonising the economy - Going Green, voluntarily

Rick Lowe I'm all for going green voluntarily. Yes voluntarily and in time. I do not believe government should attempt to force it down our throats with our money. Sure they can cajole, ask, suggest etc, but after all the ideas that have improved our standard of living over the... Read more →

Free or Equal: Another Peek

Rick Lowe The Free To Choose Network has released the following 15 minute video, hosted by Johan Norberg. Their release tells us "Norberg, lets you walk in Professor Friedman's footsteps around the world and consider his legacy thirty-plus years after the airing of the original Free To Choose." I can't... Read more →

ReasonTV - Remy: Do the TSA Pokey Pokey

Rick Lowe Got to love it... Read more →

Rand Paul: Why not try persuasion instead of threats Mr. Government?

Rick Lowe What a classic. Hat tip to LR. Read more →

The Nassau Institute deserves our support

Rick Lowe I know I'm biased, but The Nassau Institute, the lone independent economic think tank in The Bahamas at this point, deserves our support. We're most proud of our recent Economics of Liberty Lecture Series by Dr. Richard Ebeling. Watch the first of his eight lectures here… You can... Read more →