“Old pirates, yes they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships.”
Those words were so profoundly placed at the very beginning of Bob Marley’s Redemption Song. The song had a message that was obviously dee...
George Benson’s 1978 hit song, The Greatest Love of All, later popularised by Whitney Houston, has within it some very important phrases that are appropriate for our political dispensation.
In partic...
My rights! “Son, there is no such thing as ‘your rights’. The only rights that exist are the ones you create and learn to protect.”
We have so many positions we take as truths, but are merely assumpti...
When I read this year’s Budget in the relationship with the state of the economy and society, I had to fall back on my cricket analogies. The comparison I give would be that my opponent has declared a...
Does anyone think that sanctions will stop the North Korean Government from pursuing its nuclear programme? If you do, I not only have a bridge to sell you but a tunnel from here to America as well.
L...
I don’t think there is much glamour in having the job of Premier of Bermuda any more; even if we were to take into account the transitional years of Sir Henry Tucker, who was climbing through the wall...
The book written by former finance minister Bob Richards, Bermuda — Back from the Brink, is an interesting read. Richards suffered politically because he was often considered as talking down to people...
It is unfair and possibly unethical to posthumously attribute words or positions of individuals, particularly if they have not in their own lifetimes published them.
The interesting thing for me is h...
Usually, I like to stick to issues and let the politics fall on either side of the debate wherever it leads. However, politics itself is now trending, particularly when we have the re-emergence of the...
The New Year’s Eve brawl at Bermuda’s premier resort, the Fairmont Southampton hotel, was jolting news that brought a cringeworthy reminder of the violence that terrorises families and threatens too m...
