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Junkanoo Cock-Up

Sir, If we can't add up a simple row of figures perhaps all we deserve is a horrible, imported carnival! Harry Strachan December 29, 2014 Read more →

We Need To Embrace Change

by Adrian Gibson This is my final column for the year - a column on perspective. Whilst it’s simple, easy and even convenient to focus on topical issues, often it is more important to look at the total picture and to acknowledge that we, as a country, are in deep... Read more →

A good story from the Ferguson riots

Rex Murphy does it again, as only he can, with this story from Ferguson, Missouri where people reach out to help a single mother. Read more →

Professor Richard Tol: Don't lose sense of proportion on Climate change

In an excellent article on climate change in the recent American Interest magazine, entitled "Hot Stuff, Cold Logic" Professor Tol gives us a lot to think about. He points out that Climate Change is nothing new and it's not the "Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse", and asks how much do... Read more →

Albert Castiglia and Graham Wood Drout - Song of the week - December 29, 2014 - I Shall Be Released

Middle: Castiglia Right: Drout From their 2005 CD, The Bittersweet Sessions, Bob Dylan's iconic I Shall Be Released takes on new life for me anyway. Castiglia just nails it. And check out the guitar playing by Drout and Castiglia! Here's how Little Silver Records described it: "A mix of originals,... Read more →

Banks, web shops and the FATF

Dear Sir, We are hearing much, very recently, on the legality, or otherwise, of the web-shop funds currently held at Bank of the Bahamas and the outright refusal of the other Bahamian banks and some American banks, in the United States, to accept those funds coming from BoB. Correct me... Read more →

Prescription for economic growth: Economic liberty

Yesterday's post from Mr. Strachan about the myth of the effects of the US embargo on trade with Cuba and this post at Fee.org about "The Market's Gift" got me to thinking about the more dramatic shift in economic policy here at home. In recent decades successive governments have devoted... Read more →

US - Cuba Embargo

Sir, There seems to be some misconception that the US - Cuba trade embargo is actually working, of course, that is far from the truth. There are some 200 nations on this globe the vast majority of whom can or do trade directly with Cuba. Cuba, together with practically all... Read more →

Merry Christmas to you and yours

Social Media Rears Its Ugly Head

by Adrian Gibson This week, we saw what could only amount to an ongoing meltdown on social media - Facebook and WhatsApp - with the dissemination of child pornography. It literally led to a social media tsunami. Frankly, as the story continues to be unveiled, it seems that many social... Read more →