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Casting off the Chains of the Past – The Bahamas Should Ignore Reparations

by Richard Coulson First published in The Tribune, Monday, June 30, 2014, and posted here with the kind permission of the author. The wind of reparations has been blowing throughout the Caribbean for several years and will soon begin to flutter feathers here in The Bahamas. On March 24, Minister... Read more →

Where is our Turgot?

In The Triumph of Liberty, author Jim Powell tells the stories of the men and women who helped give freedom to the world. The stories cover "the struggle to abolish slavery, stop wars, and overthrow tyrants, as well as the fight for human rights, religious toleration, individualism, the liberation of... Read more →

Selwyn Birchwood - Song of the week - June 30, 2014 - Hoodoo Stew

We got to see Selwyn Birchwood and his band on a recent short trip to Florida, and what a treat it was. The band performed all the songs off his new CD, Don't Call No Ambulance. Of course the second set was a great jam with guests including Betty Fox.... Read more →

Nassau Institute Event: Poverty Cure Part One - Discussion Group Series - Thursday, July 3, 2014, 6:30pm

Join The Nassau Institute at the Milton Friedman Room at The Nassau Institute offices, East Bay Street in The Bay Street Business Centre, Bay & Deveaux Streets, for a conversation on "human flourishing." A brief video from Poverty Cure will be shown, and the floor will be open for discussion.... Read more →

Should we abandon the Westminster Parliamentary System too?

So some of the political class in Barbados want to change from the Westminster Parliamentary System of Government, with the Speaker, Michael Carrington saying it, “appeared to pit Government and Opposition inexorably against each other in aggressive, contentious and oftimes seemingly unnecessary confrontation”. As if changing the mode of governance... Read more →

Eastern Road Sunrise - Photo of the week

Taken several years ago now when I was taking a couple online photography courses. Hat tip to JR for turning me on to Betterphoto.com. Read more →

The VAT burden for future generations

Listening to the governing party line about VAT, one would think they had nothing to do with the burden they propose placing on future generations. Instead of apologies for the damage caused by their profligacy over the years and the further tax charge that will be assigned by their proposition,... Read more →

Gray says the Potter's Cay vendors must pay

According to press reports… the indebtedness of Potter's Cay vendors has been reduced from $587,000 to around $180,000 since a 2012 audit and now the government is going to "assist vendors in bringing their stalls up to standard". Most people would agree that the area needs a facelift, but is... Read more →

No One Is Above The Law, No Matter Their Political Persuasion

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Man's View here… BASED on the amount of tax dodging we have seen recently it appears that only the poor, the unfortunate and – in some cases – the middle class, are saddled with paying much needed taxes,... Read more →

The global warming hiatus? Climate models all wrongly predicted warming, so let's call it a discrepancy Read more →