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Price Controls: Killing the Messenger If You Don’t Like the Message

The economic consequence of government price control is economic disruption. A controlled price will still allocate resources, but not in accordance with supply and demand by Lawrence Reed When the British newspaper, The Manchester Guardian, was founded in 1821, it quickly earned a reputation for defending liberty and free markets... Read more →

Does speed kill?

Dear Mr. Editor, I regret to say I have watched Officer Crestanea Johnson, of the Bahamas Police Force, give her little speech on speeding once too often. Officer Johnson, speed in and of itself can neither cause accidents nor kill people. Speed merely gets you from point A to point... Read more →

Merry Christmas

Safe Driving

Dear Mr. Editor, A little more motoring stupidity. Ladies and Gentlemen, something to keep you occupied while waiting in a parking lot for your other half to return from the store. Check around the other cars parked and see just how many cars are there missing wheel nuts, you know... Read more →

High(?) speed mail

Dear Editor, This is just a short note to thank Her Majesty’s Bahamas Post Office for their diligence in delivering my first Christmas mail for …. 2020 … yes that date is correct. Today, Thursday, the 2nd. of December, 2021, I collected, from my PO box in the Town Centre... Read more →

Dear Mr. Editor, I have been noticing, over the past couple of months, a new “motoring sport” – how many unlicensed, and, by definition, uninsured vehicles can we get on our roads? Every time I go for a drive – in my fully licensed and insured car – I will... Read more →

Women United March Wednesday November 24, 2021 at 8:30 am

Please join the Women United march and rally to stop the abuse of our women and children! Invite everyone and stand together against domestic violence and child abuse. Young Bella Walker and all the other children that have been taken away from us can't speak for themselves, but their voices... Read more →

Let Trade Topple Cuba's Tyranny

Biden should denounce Cuba’s communist tyranny while pushing for more free trade with Cubans. by Daniel Raisbeck at Reason.com In Cuba this past July, thousands of openly defiant citizens took to the streets, chanting they were "no longer afraid" of the communist regime. In response, a routine, inevitable wave of... Read more →

History in Black and White

"With the volume Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers, the incomparable academic, community leader, and social entrepreneur Dr. Robert Woodson announces the founding of his latest initiative, “1776 Unites.” Woodson describes this initiative as a “black-led movement of scholars, grassroots activists, and other concerned... Read more →

John Woolman: The Conscientious Quaker Who Paved the Way for the Abolitionist Movement

Image Credit: Public Domain (via Wiki Commons) Abolitionist Quaker John Woolman changed the way people saw slavery. Today marks the 300th anniversary of his birth. Today—October 19, 2020—marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Woolman, a humanitarian who played a central role in the abolition of slavery. I... Read more →