The dreaded i-word was bound to come up, I suppose Mr Acting Editor. It was too good an opportunity for some to pass up on the opportunity to revive the issue of independence for Bermuda. I suppose to...
Forget Commission. Sage advice was required. Like that of a former colleague of mine who, whenever we found ourselves in difficulty, used to love to remind us of the advice he received from a wily vet...
It is a general rule of thumb most understand: if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it must be a duck. But few ever think or care what kind of duck. The same might be sai...
It’s been nine weeks since MPs trundled up the Hill to do business.
A nice break, you might think, but let’s not be too harsh here. The work of Government doesn’t just stop because the House is in re...
Ventriloquism isn’t just for dummies, Mr Acting Editor. It can also be a very useful and effective political tool. No, I am not referring to bloggers and petty party hacks posturing and posing behind ...
Spare me the wisecracks about great minds and fools but that was some coincidence Mr Acting Editor, two of your Friday columnists DJLT and JB separately and independent of each other, as you know, ref...
See something. Say Something. Know something. Say Something. Those are not just words, Mr Acting Editor, but powerful advice which, when acted upon, can constitute an effective tool in helping to comb...
Everyone who lives in Bermuda is an expert in tourism. So am I. But I am going to try and avoid political bickering, the predictable petty ping pong of partisan politics as to whose national plan we a...
The young are the restless. It is a line for which I cannot take credit. It was a headline that appeared recently in The New York Times. It caught my eye as did the subject matter: how views are chang...
The issue of financial disclosure for parliamentarians has concerned me for years, Mr Acting Editor. There has always been this nagging feeling that the requirement for disclosure has been honoured mo...
