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Global Financial Summit at Atlantis Feb 6 - 9, 2013

"The Global Financial Summit for free market CEOs, business leaders, economists and investors will gather and discuss proven free market solutions to the problems of inflation, economic crisis, unemployment, recession and depression" in just a few days. Featuring speakers like Steve Moore, John Allison and Richard Rahn, to name but... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: My Vigilant Ethical Egoism

by Tibor R. Machan When I was in my late teens I discovered Ayn Rand, in particular her novel The Fountainhead. Actually I ran across her when I appeared in a theater group’s rendition of her play, The Night of January 16th, at Andrews Air Force Base, but her significance... Read more →

Why did Bahamians vote no to gambling?

A few things jumped out while watching the opinion poll - called a referendum - last night. First, the ambiguity of the question relating to web shops. Second, Bahamian people seem to have voted against government action appearing to push things down their collective throats. Third, what will come of... Read more →

Climate Crisis Downgrade?

Steven Hayward has an interesting take on The Research Council of Norway's new study that shifts the climate change debate over at PowerLine with a post entitled, Climate Crisis Downgrade Arriving On Schedule. He opens his piece with this powerful paragraph: "A theme of my environmental coverage here and elsewhere... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The Democratic Ideal (From the Archive)

by Tibor R. Machan In this essay I wish to revisit democracy since all the power that our current administration is claiming for itself is supposedly justified by way of the democratic method. But in fact only a properly limited democracy is politically just and justified. Democracy is a process... Read more →

Big Mama Thornton - Song of the week - January 28, 29013 - Ball & Chain

"Thornton was the first artist to record "Hound Dog", with which she had a Number 1 hit in the Billboard R&B chart in 1952. On the flipside of the single was "They Call Me Big Mama". Selling two million copies, this release helped immortalize her nickname in the world of... Read more →

Photo of the week - Royal Terns in Flight

Taken on a recent trip to Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas. They were in the shallows at Tahiti Beach. Not a great shot, but I like the wing spans - one up, one down. Rick Lowe Images by Rick Lowe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based... Read more →

Global warming less extreme than feared? - The Research Council of Norway

On January 24, 2013, The Research Council of Norway released a news article that is well worth reading. Here's a couple snippets: “The Earth’s mean temperature rose sharply during the 1990s. This may have caused us to overestimate climate sensitivity. “We are most likely witnessing natural fluctuations in the climate... Read more →

On the night table: Ladies for Liberty by John Blundell

Thursday evenings book talk by Dr. Blundell for the Nassau Institute, was a fun and educational evening. Speaking on his book Ladies for Liberty: Women Who Made A Difference In American History, Dr. Blundell provided brief vignettes into the lives of twenty amazing women: Mercy Otis Warren, Martha Washington, Abigail... Read more →

Stop by Nassau Motor today from 11am to 3pm

Sign up for REVOICE Telephone service and get a chance to win a Honda CR-V! Read more →