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Englerston Constituency Disgusting Toilets an Opportunity...not a problem

Rick Lowe The headline of Saturday's The Big T (The Tribune) scream out DISGUSTING with a photo of the public toilet at the Englerston park. Glenys Hanna-Martin, the PLP MP for the area is rightfully quoted as stating there is simply not enough money to do everything the community needs.... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Liberty and Virtue

Tibor R. Machan In order to begin this essay with a degree of coherence, I need first to discuss two types of lib­erty. The one kind I will designate as meta­physical lib­erty; it means the capacity for in­itiating, starting or being the first cause of movement supposedly possessed by some... Read more →

Bob Dylan - Song of the week - October 31, 2011 - Man In The Long Black Coat

Rick Lowe Bob Dylan's music is simply irresistible. His lyrics tantalising. Oh Mercy, released in 1989 is simply another great CD by one of the all time greats. All ten tracks are worth a listen. Man In A long Black Coat is a stand out for me and kinda fits... Read more →

Dr. Duane Sands, FNM Senator, on the "Crime Bills"

Posted here with the kind permission of Dr. Sands. Madame President… I rise to second this compendium of crime bills. I do so with a free spirit and unwavering resolve but with a heavy heart! Not because I have any fundamental objection or conflict with the content of these bills…... Read more →

Capitalism can never be completely destroyed.

by Tradewinds The most centrally planned economies of the former communist block of the USSR and Eastern Europe all had thriving "black market" where scarce goods were exchanged or bought or sold. Cuba is another example where street capitalism is thriving. The only real growth in India under its four... Read more →

Politics of hate and envy

Rick Lowe When you listen to the diatribe from some quarters you would swear that the Prime Minister of the country is a demon. Mind you these folks seldom discuss policy, it's always personal insults, but if they do they'd add steroids to the bad policies of the FNM. One... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Occupy Wall Street’s Lack of Focus

Tibor R. Machan Rolling Stone magazine ran a piece recently arguing that what OWS is doing doesn’t amount to attacks on money or banking but is aimed at corruption. While this is a spin that may work for some folks, it doesn’t sound credible for me. When someone, some organization... Read more →

Social evils wrought by capitalism, unchecked by government

Rick Lowe The title of this post is a quote from the October 21, 2011 issue of The Week magazine and it's credited to Andrew Sullivan who writes for the TheDailyBeast.com. How he can fix his mouth to say that capitalism is unchecked by government is astounding when there are... Read more →

Capitalism has given us what we have. Why destroy it?

Rick Lowe I think the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) crowd are protesting at the wrong door and about the wrong thing. They should take their protest to the White House and Congress. It's Crony Capitalism they should be protesting, where business people and elected officials use the public treasury as... Read more →

Were the London riots about poverty?

Rick Lowe Seems the answer to the question in the title is a resounding no. Turns out many of the "rioters" were simply stealing goodies they wanted, not things they needed as this recent article by Neil O'Brien in The Telegraph points out. Here's a very pertinent point: "Instead of... Read more →