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Opposition politics: "Mout could say anything"

Rick Lowe The debate over the amendments to the Parliamentary Elections Act has been less than stimulating, but one thing for sure, it seems to have awakened a couple of Opposition MP's from slumber. One is suggesting that the Boundaries Commission is not such a good idea and could even... Read more →

Economic Freedom explained

Rick Lowe The following video briefly explains the difference in the quality of life between those countries that are economically free and those that are less so. For example, the poor in more economically free countries earn 10 times more than poor people in less economically free countries. Watch the... Read more →

The low level of Parliamentary debate

Rick Lowe According to The Nassau Guardian, an MP charged on Monday that "Several members of Parliament (MP) stood idly by while young men brazenly smoked marijuana near polling areas during the Elizabeth by-election last year…" [More…] This is the level of debate to help with proposed changes to the... Read more →

Links of interest on immigration

Rick Lowe Benjamin Powell: An Economic Case for Immigration Philippe Legrain on recent UK Immigration Policy tightening More from Legrain on Immigration here… Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Times’ kudos to European Petty Tyrants

Tibor R. Machan In The New York Times of Monday, June 27th, an editorial heaps compliments upon the bureaucrats of many European cities who have imposed innumerable obstacles to their fellow citizens who want to use the automobile for transportation. This piece of cheer-leading in support of these would be... Read more →

Political rhetoric nor the colour of the political wand will solve our issues

Rick Lowe Many of us are prone to blaming the political directorate when we don't think things are just right in the country. This could be as a result of that same political class trying to make us believe they can fix all of our problems if we only elect... Read more →

Libya is a war, regardless of the Doublethink

Rick Lowe Rex Murphy, a Canadian author among other things offers commentary weekly on CBC TV’s The National, and is host of CBC Radio’s Cross Country Checkup, but this article for Full Comment at Canada's National Post is just brilliant. Here's a snippet to whet your appetite. "Also, the intervention... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Hubris of George Soros

Tibor R. Machan Quite a few well known rich people aren’t satisfied with being rich and being able to do all the things they believe are important. They want to advertise this and to take up the role of teachers to the rest of us. The Hungarian born billionaire financier... Read more →

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Song of the week - June 27, 2011 - Nothing Is Sacred

Rick Lowe I'm sure I first stumbled across Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel when we lived in Toronto back in the 1970's. He had two great albums back then. The Human Menagerie and The Psychomodo. Death Trip and Sebastian are songs that remain embedded in the memory recesses for some... Read more →

Clear Thinking on Immigration

Rick Lowe The Immigration debate in the US is no less emotional than it is here at home in The Bahamas, but as Professor Andrew M. Yuengert of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty puts it: "The biggest burdens from immigration are not economic - they... Read more →