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Now the FNM Government to pick winners and losers

The government has promised a $25 million dollar "investment" for the development of small and medium-sized businesses over a five-year period. Of course this sounds wonderful. A benevolent government going to take tax dollars from one group of people to help another open a business. How magnanimous he says with... Read more →

Have we lost our culture?

Thoughts from Tradewinds Prior to the 1960's we were individually responsible for our own conduct.. Our values were based on family support, educational advancement and a strong religious foundation.. Individual respect was earned through achievement and not given away for political cronyism.. Our schools taught us intellectual betterment and our... Read more →

Amazon Should Stick to Capitalism and Avoid the Crony Game

Amazon should build its headquarters solely with its own money. by Dan Mitchell This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. I explained back in 2013 that there is a big difference between being pro-market and being pro-business. Pro-market is a belief in genuine free enterprise, which... Read more →

Some high priority items

Thoughts from Tradewinds Recent blogs, "Potholes in Paradise", and "Heritage Horror", described the terrible reality of failing Infrastructure in the Bahamas which now has reached the stage of being a national tragedy.. Any country, without reliable, modern and well maintained infrastructure, will find it almost impossible to attract much needed... Read more →

Trade makes the world better off

Not sure how I stumbled across this article this morning but it's worth a read. The article at Value Walk is entitled Betting Against The USA. Here's an excerpt: "In the history of mankind, no single nation has developed, grown and innovated like the United States of America. No other... Read more →

Political Spin from Mr. Cooper?

The older I get the more frustrated I get with political spin and I am even more disappointed that Mr. Chester Cooper, Opposition Shadow Finance Minister would engage in it. In a recent letter in The Punch he rightly states that the FNM Government has a duty to inform the... Read more →

Heritage Horror

Dear Editor, Yesterday I took some house guests for a tour of Clifton Heritage Park and the Antonius Roberts Sacred Space sculptures. I left sometime later with a deep sense of shame and outrage. Once pristine walking trails in the park have been ravaged by four wheeled ATV traffic; piles... Read more →

Potholes in Paradise

Pothole Example Dear Editor, The condition of Nassau’s roads especially after the recent heavy rains is appalling. If the Minister for Works has any road paving staff remaining that he is not prosecuting would he please have them speedily address this, in particular some of the more prominent craters in... Read more →

Jordan B. Peterson Is the Furthest Thing from the Alt-Right

His project is about personal, not political, empowerment. by Dan Sanchez This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Psychologist and scholar Jordan B. Peterson recently had another surge in media attention after his blockbuster interview with TV journalist Cathy Newman on Britain’s Channel 4. It was... Read more →

Lecture: Disaster in Red: The Human Cost and Failure of Socialism

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Join The Nassau Institute at The University of The Bahamas, in the Harry C. Moore Library, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 for a lecture by Richard Ebeling, BB & T Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel in... Read more →