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Bahamian Agriculture, an overview. Part 6

John Hedden The Way Forward? So far in this series (see links to previous articles below) we have briefly examined various aspects of agriculture including its history, technology, and infrastructure, its viability, and the existing governmental policy. To date nothing thrown at the problem has stimulated anything, be it politicians,... Read more →

The PLP have "upgraded" their Urban renewal idea

Rick Lowe First of all Urban Renewal programmes have been around in many forms since the early 1900's, so it was not invented in 2002 when the PLP were elected as the government of The Bahamas. But, every time I read a comment from the PLP on their Urban Renewal... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Property Rights and Law

Tibor R. Machan Some have been demeaning the right to private property--which is very closely linked to America’s political tradition and if sufficiently discredited would also help destroy the country--because such a right is supposedly created by a legal system. If so, then of course, this right has no foundation... Read more →

Hugh Laurie - Song of the week - October 24, 2011 - Six Cold Feet

Rick Lowe You might recognise the face of Hugh Laurie, but suffice it to say he's also an extraordinary musician and has released a CD entitiled Let Them Talk, and man is it good. Visit his web site here… and please buy his CD. Hope you enjoy Six Cold Feet... Read more →

Dr. Tom Palmer on Crony Capitalism

Rick Lowe If I don't have work from the office on a weekend I love to watch a video to help me get a better understanding of Capitalism, and the video below of Dr. Tom Palmer is one of them. Dr. Palmer is a Senior Fellow with the Cato Institute... Read more →

The Broken Window Fallacy

Rick Lowe As usual, John Stossel hits the nail on the head in this short video. Read more →

Anything new in our politics?

Rick Lowe The "debate" over last day or two in Parliament has been most interesting. The word debate is in quotation marks for obvious reasons. The young leader of his political party decided to personally attack the Prime Minister so the wolves have turned on him. And frankly I don't... Read more →

Too little, too late.

Edward Hutcheson The leader of the Opposition speaks well to what is needed for this country, and his recent remark that policymakers understand the link between the reform of young people and the economy could have been commendable; however his utterances are about thirty years late. I don’t like to... Read more →

Social networking/Internet dehumanises?

Rick Lowe While we don't allow overly negative comments here we sense there is a decline in empathy among commenters around the web. Maybe it's people think they'll never meet the person they're insulting or is it we simply don't care any longer? Heck, my wife mentioned she saw an... Read more →

Patrick J. Bethel: From Teacher…..to Entrepreneur. "A Cherokee Boy"

Rick Lowe My dear friend Mr. Patrick Bethel has released his autobiography. The cover is shown on the left. It's 78 pages of information, about his family, friends, career and some interesting community involvement. Suffice it to say "Patrick", as he's known throughout Abaco, is one accomplished gentleman who has... Read more →