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Can the political class fix it?

Rick Lowe When I hear the political class speaking about the country and how to cure its ills I wonder how many people think, "yeah right, they got into this mess with bad policies over decades, so now they'll just add another layer of bureaucracy, and all will be solved"?... Read more →

Doongalik Studios and Carter Marketing present Spirit of the Dance

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 6pm - 9pm at Doongalik Studios Village Road. See below. Read more →

Ingraham lays into McCartney

Published: October 22nd, 2011 Column: Young Man's View, The Tribune's 'The Big T' By ADRIAN GIBSON [email protected] As elected officials continue to place their partisan egos in front of a unity of purpose and passionate commitment to a well-reasoned vision for the country’s upliftment, one wonders whether Bahamians will focus... Read more →

Do the PLP make our politics insoluble?

Rick Lowe Henry Hazlitt was a fantastic economic journalist, and after he died in 1993 a collection of his essays were assembled in a great book entitled Is Politics Insoluble? Download a PDf copy here... from the Foundation for Economic Education. And most times I read some of the political... Read more →

Fats Domino - Song of the week - November 28, 2011 - Going To The River

Rick Lowe If you don't have the CD, Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino yet you are missing a superb collection of songs by the great Fats Domino (AKA Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr.) sung by a cast of excellent artists in their own right. One of my personal... Read more →

Asking for Accountability

Published: Saturday, November 12, 2011 in The Tribune's 'The Big T' ADRIAN GIBSON [email protected] Over time, it appears that we have been repeatedly electing certain politicians who are outright pinheads and tin men, full of childish braggadocio but devoid of a national plan or any appreciable outlook for the country.... Read more →

RIP Uncle Aaron

Published in the column 'Young Man's View' in Tribune's 'The Big T' on October 1, 2011 By ADRIAN GIBSON [email protected] Goodbye (Long Island’s) rose, May you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed itself Where lives were torn apart You called out to our (island) And... Read more →

Braveheart battle site in the news

Rick Lowe Remember the movie Braveheart? The story line was something like this: Scottish Rebel William Wallace led an uprising against Edward the Longshanks of England to inherit the Crown of Scotland for himself. Well it was a great movie, but was not actually factual according to ScottishHistory.com. I was... Read more →

Johnnie Christie together with 25 North

Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Crazy Johnny's, East Bay Street. Johnnie Christie will take the stage for an acoustic set at 10:00pm and 25 North will rock on from 11:oopm until... Be there by 9:45pm. Dont' miss it. Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: Who Needs Austerity when some Are Rich

Tibor R. Machan Portugal is broke but austerity measures there are protested persistently. Greece is in the same fix. And indeed in America, too, the Occupy Wall Street crowd appears to believe that if even a few folks are doing very well, no one need tighten his belt since all... Read more →