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Wishing you all the best for 2014

Thank you for your participation during 2013. Let's make 2014 even better. Read more →

Crime: What can we do?

So many reports are compiled by and for government and all we hear about is the "launch party". Seldom, if ever, do we see the reports and we're all left to wonder if anything is ever implemented. Well the same thing seems to have happened with a report by Marlon... Read more →

The Bahamas Is A Powder Keg

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Mans View here… E-Mail Adrian. AS this year draws to a close and the celebration of Christmas in a few days takes hold of our national consciousness, it is clear that a tsunami of death and mayhem has... Read more →

Levon Helm - Song of the week - December 30, 2013 - Back To Memphis

I recently picked up three of Levon Helm's CD's, Ramble at the Ryman, Electric Dirt and Dirt Farmer and I am enjoying each of them. Of course Levon Helm is best known for his work with The Band, one of rocks iconic groups. If you don't know either The Band... Read more →

St Francis Cathedral - Photo of the week

Took this a few years back, before the fire. It's such a beautiful landmark. Read more →

Socialism fails yet again in Venezuela (how many hundreds of times is it now?)

by Nick Sorrentino Originally posted at Against Crony Capitalism, and posted here with the kind permission of the author. Read the original post here… “To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary … These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution!” – Che Guevara... Read more →

Open the tax records please

by Harry Strachan I have a simple request for any of our Ministers of Finance, Messrs. Christie, Halkitis or Pinder, to answer. Please, would one of you explain to us simple Bahamian folk why we should need yet another tax, when it seems to be accepted, certainly by the I.M.F.,... Read more →

Say NO to a National ID Card

The political class never tire of ways to try to keep citizens under control. Now Mr. Fred Mitchell (PLP), Minister of Foreign Affairs & Immigration, former campaigner for individual rights is the latest politico to call for a National ID Card. The Tribune, December 24, 2013. I'm reminded of a... Read more →

Oliver Wendell Holmes - Stretching Man's Mind

Read Cato Unbound for many great ideas. Read more →

The Need for VAT in Bahamas

An Analysis of VAT, its Introduction, Implementation and Impact on the Caribbean - Advantages & Disadvantages A recent symposium at the College of The Bahamas regarding VAT has left us with more reasons not to implement this draconian tax. The contents were by: Ricara Skippings, Introduction; Lyniqueka Johnson, VAT in... Read more →