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New Zealand VAT specialists tell us don't worry, be happy

While commenting specifically on the tourism sector, our visitors implied we should be happy to charge our tourists part of our tax burden... Of course this is said without intimate knowledge of our market and how stop over vistors are getting harder to come by. They also indicated New Zealand's... Read more →

'Unnecessary Witch-Hunt' Against School Principal

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Man's View here… Of late, there has been quite a bit of chatter about the appointment of North Andros principal Stephen Sands to his post, particularly in the wake of the revelation that he had been convicted of... Read more →

Dr. Hubert Minnis' Malaysian Airline Comment

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Man's View here… In recent days, there has been much hullabaloo by politicians and others about a recent statement by FNM leader Dr Hubert Minnis. Dr Minnis was speaking to the media and saying that he felt that... Read more →

The PM wants UWI to formulate public policy for The Bahamas?

In the Nassau Guardian recently… Mr. Perry Christie, Prime Minister, apparently "encourages greater UWI role in formation of public policy." With all due respect, I'm not sure there are many, if any, academics at UWI that understand or wish to see a market economy blossom. Most of the policies I... Read more →

Howlin' Wolf - Song of the week - April 28, 2014 - Built For Comfort

"The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions is an album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released in the summer of 1971 on Chess Records, catalogue CH 60008 (Rolling Stones Records in Britain). It was one of the first of the super session blues albums, setting a blues master among famous musicians from... Read more →

Sunflower in the sky - Photo of the week

Taken in the front yard last Summer or the one before. Read more →

Matt Ridley - Freedom and Optimism: Humanity's Triumph

Every time an IPCC report on climate change comes out and I start to get depressed about the planets future, I find myself gravitating to the Rational Optimist's web site… for inspiration. Matt Ridley is an accomplished author and speaker and his optimism is based on "why things have turned... Read more →

The Collective Good. What is it and why it can't happen?

In an e-mail exchange in response to the Bahamas being the number one most dangerous cruise destination recently, one responder indicated the problem was, "Too often in our archipelago, it is partisan party politics that carries the day and not citizens working together for the collective good." I could not... Read more →

VAT Storm warnings

Any ideas for more cartoons? Please let me know and we'll see if the artist can get it done. Read more →

Fracking has reduced CO2 more than all solar panels and wind turbines in the world combined?

Besides the point about fracking, Lomborg tells us climate change is real, but our priorities are in the wrong place. Don't take my word for it. Watch the video. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Find out more from Bjorn Lomborg here... Find out more from John Stossel here… Read more →