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A Novel Evening in aid of Project Read Bahamas

Click On Image For Larger Version Join The Inner Wheel Club of East Nassau for an evening of readings with 2 New York Times and International Bestselling Authors to benefit Project Read, an adult literacy programme in the Bahamas. The evening will consist of a welcome cocktail, hors d’oeuvres, readings... Read more →

Marlon Johnson making us proud

If we start to scratch the surface of Bahamians doing good things, we’ll find many, many of them both here and abroad. Marlon Johnson is just one of those Bahamians. Now working in Belize for two years, commuting back and forth for visit with his loving family, Marlon was featured... Read more →

Frederick Lightbourn and Original Review

Restaurant owners and operators can now track customer satisfaction in real time thanks to Bahamian Entrepreneur and restaurateur Frederick Lightbourn, with a new software called Original Review. How it started: “After 30 years operating and owning restaurants in Nassau, Bahamas, Frederick Lightbourn knew this age-old adage to be true. He... Read more →

Bill 4

Dear Editor WeblogBahamas, Perhaps the best explanation of the fourth question in the upcoming Referendum can be found in an analysis done by a partner in one of the major law firms in the Bahamas. It comes down to an understanding of the English language and the power of words.... Read more →

The Undignified Saga Of Senator Lanisha Rolle

by Adrian Gibson LAST week, former senator Lanisha Rolle resigned from the Senate after the publication of the content of recordings made by fellow Free National Movement (FNM) political hopeful Lincoln Bain. In recent times, the FNM has been subjected to too much sufferance. This is yet another occasion. In... Read more →

The Real Adam Smith

From Free To Choose TV Real Adam Smith? And why should we care? In this two-hour, two-part documentary, Swedish author, commentator and Cato Senior Fellow Johan Norberg explores Adam Smith’s life, his ideas about morality and economics, and how the concepts he discussed in his books and lectures are still... Read more →

Okay the RTD issues are because of the FNM

by Rick Lowe Now the Minister of State for Finance chimes in to suggest that the FNM is playing politics with the Road Traffic Department (RTD) fraud and malfeasance. More… I agree. The FNM is playing as much politics with this major issue as the PLP are, so if we... Read more →

Unicorn Governance

by Michael Munger Ever argued public policy with people whose State is in fantasyland? Our problem is that we have to fight unicorns. Unicorns, of course, are fabulous horse-like creatures with a large spiraling horn on their forehead. They eat rainbows, but can go without eating for years if necessary.... Read more →

Freedom is so easily lost

by Rick Lowe As this image, sent by a friend, makes patently clear, Freedom is concept human nature desires, yet, as a rule, we elect politicians that take those freedoms away. Incrementally, but surely. David Boaz of the Cato Institute, provides the key concepts of Libertarianism here… I hope you... Read more →

What's Happening to the Institutions of Ethics & Morals?

by Rick Lowe "Honesty is more than a moral principle. It is also a major economic factor. While government can do little to create honesty directly, in various ways it can indirectly either support or undermine the traditions on which honest conduct is based”. Thomas Sowell in "Basic Economics," 4th... Read more →