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David Stockman Interview: My Journey From SDS To Contra Corner

A very good and interesting interview with David Stockman, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan. He's also an excellent author. His most recent book is The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America, and he has a great web site, Contra Corner.... Read more →

On RPT Bill payers

by Henry Owens A couple of assumptions first: There are, give or take, some 25,000 civil servants; Political persuasions split 50/50 PLP/FNM – yeah, I know some DNA, some couldn’t give a hoot. But the point of this letter, there are a number of PLP senior party members, Ministers and... Read more →

On The Public Disclosures Of MPs

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Man's View here… This week, The Tribune shockingly revealed that less than 15 current MPs were up to date with their public disclosures, in accordance with the Public Disclosures Act. According to the Act, the disclosures must be... Read more →

Minister of Finance gets it wrong again

Remember the government telling us at election time how they would balance the budget? Yet two years on extraordinary debt offerings are now required just to finance little more than government payroll. Of course we're told The Bahamas stands as unique (with a) low level of foreign currency indebtedness. "Our... Read more →

Nation At A Fiscal Crossroads

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Man's View here… Today, is my first column back after a brief sabbatical and one notes that so much has transpired over that time. As I get back into the flow of things, I intend to assess a... Read more →

Keb' Mo' - Song of the week - June 23, 2014 - She Just Wants To Dance

Back on June 8, 2014 at the B.B. King's Blues Club, in West Palm Beach, we go to scratch another item off the bucket list. Seeing Keb' Mo' live was a wonderful treat. One of the genre's best, we were treated to about 90 minutes of his fabulous voice, songs... Read more →

The more cantankerous Mr. Roberts gets, the more wrong he is

It seems the more vociferous Mr. Bradley Roberts is about an issue, when you drill down, he seems to forget his Rotary oath, the Rotary 4-Way Test. Not only that, he's more often than not, wrong. Take his defence of a member of high (political) society and their tax evasion... Read more →

The FNM and the Recent Senatorial Appointment of Michael Pintard

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Man's View here… If both the FNM and the DNA are in existence by the next general election, both of those parties will be hurt by a three-way race. As it stands, there appears to be quite a... Read more →

In memory of Bernard C. H. Dupuch. A fine gentleman

I did not meet Mr. Bernard until returning home in 1982, but he was always the same perfect gent whenever we met. Soft spoken, yet deliberate and determined, he was no pushover. Pre-deceased by his wife he will be missed by more than his family. Condolences to the entire Dupuch... Read more →

The wilds of British Columbia - Photo of the week

A few years back we got to tour the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. This was along one of the lonely roads somewhere out there. A one word description? Amazing. Read more →