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A Right Theology

Dear Editor, October 31st,2017 will mark the 500th anniversary of the German monk, Martin Luther, nailing his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church. It was a list of objections he had of the prevailing Church practices of the Catholic Church at the time. It is hard to... Read more →

Transaction Costs and the Progress of Humanity

By Steven Horwitz This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. The progress of humanity is the story of the ongoing reduction of transaction costs. Increases in wealth simply mean that people are getting more of the things they value. For me, that sentence captures the essence... Read more →

Libertarians were once...

“Nearly all libertarians were once conservatives or progressives or independent statists of some stripe. But scarcely any conservatives, progressives, or independent statists were once libertarians. This asymmetry in the direction of ideological migration is interesting and perhaps informative.” ― Robert Higgs Read more →

A $9m first-month surplus

Well what do you know the government is reporting a $9 million surplus. While this is great news it is not yet a trend and must be sustained to help get the country's fiscal house in order. The reduced spending (spending within its means) does not appear to have negatively... Read more →

Price Commission Sends 'Gouging' Report To The AG

According to press reports "The Price Commission has forwarded its report on complaints of pre-Hurricane Irma price gouging ahead to the Attorney General's Office... and we are awaiting a review from them before any statement is made on whether we will take legal action..." This action smacks of rank politics... Read more →

A revised NHI this year?

Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands has reportedly advised that "A revised, leaner and more effective National Health Insurance (NHI) program that combines primary care and catastrophic care will be re-launched before the end of the year." He made three substantial declarations: “The most significant issue is the sustainability of the... Read more →

Tom Petty, Rock Iconoclast Who Led the Heartbreakers, Dead at 66

Another great singer/songwriter has died. We got the opportunity to see Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers back in 2006 at Ontario Place (I think it was 2006) and sure glad we did. Here's the official release on his untimely death: Tom Petty, the dynamic and iconoclastic frontman who led the... Read more →

Bannister ‘disgusted’ by BPL, WSC leaks?

According to this article Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister is “disgusted” by the leaks of personal information from Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) and the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC), which revealed outstanding bills from several former and at least one sitting parliamentarian." Of course this is deplorable, but... Read more →

A Spy Bill? Really?

by Robert Myers What the heck is the government worrying about Spy Bills for when acts such as FOIA, fiscal responsibility, state sectors act and others that will change the irresponsible and unaccountable way we have been governed for decades have not been presented to the people or HoA! Why... Read more →