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One State Repealed Its Entire Regulatory Code. Now What?

Idaho just initiated a regulatory reset, where the government eliminates all regulations and then brings back the ones it decides it wants. by David Henderson This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. My friend and former student Paul Gerner suggested to me a few years ago... Read more →

The State Of The Teaching Profession

by Dr. Donald M. McCartney, D.M. The teaching profession, we all may agree, is not what it used to be. In fact, in its early days, teaching, for many, particularly people of colour, was the profession of choice. Teaching was and still is the "mother" of all professions. I challenge... Read more →

Fred Smith and Haitian illegals

Sir, It would appear that a little bit of fame and notoriety has gone to Fed Smith, QC’s head. I presume we will also have to assume that geography was not one of his better scholastic subjects. Mr. Smith the Commonwealth of the Bahamas may cover some 100,000 sq. miles... Read more →

Public polices supporting entrepreneurs

I often find myself disagreeing with public policy primarily because once agencies are implemented to "solve" a problem they never go away if they do not solve the problem they were created to deal with. Generally, they just keep getting larger. Take the Bahamas Development Bank. Their mission is "To... Read more →

Government Can't Solve Our Problems, but Civil Society Can

...trust in the federal government’s ability to solve problems is at its lowest point in decades. by Richard William Graber This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. A recent Gallup report revealed a paradox of today’s national political debate: While a number of candidates on the... Read more →

Reason: Yale Professor Attacked Over Halloween Costumes Says We've Evolved To Get Along

Reason: Nicholas Christakis, author of Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, says our common humanity outweighs divisive tribalism.Watch the video below. Subscribe to Reason's YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/reasontv Like Reason on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magaz... Follow Reason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason Subscribe to Reason's podcast at Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/az3a7a Reason is the... Read more →

Road Safety Week

Sir, This week (6th. – 12th. May) has been declared “U.N. Global Road Safety Week”(do check their website www.unroadsafetyweek.org) therefore I thought it noteworthy to mention that there was a road safety seminar a couple of weeks ago. One of the major questions concerned the use of ‘cell ‘phones while... Read more →

Cooper Lost the Bet

by Richard Coulson MP Chester Cooper is parlaying his successful financial career into becoming the PLP’s bumptious shadow Minister of Finance. He loses no opportunity to castigate Prime Minister Minnis for his Government’s decision to buy the Grand Lucayan Resort, the key to keeping Freeport viable as a tourist center.... Read more →

CD Howe: Healthcare Spending Overshoots a Threat to Sustainability

As The Bahamas goes down the road to socialised medicine it should honestly consider results in Canada particularly in view of the fact that our own National Insurance Scheme is becoming compromised. Healthcare Spending Overshoots a Threat to Sustainability April 30, 2019 "Growth in healthcare spending by provinces and territories... Read more →

There is a Great Deal of Ruin In A Nation

“There is a Great Deal of Ruin In A Nation” Adam Smith This is a story of how governments around the world have, through fiscal manipulation, ruined the economy of many countries, ours included. I'm looking for some help with filling in the verbiage for each image. Know anyone you... Read more →