The decision by the British Supreme Court to reject the appeal by Prime Minister Theresa May to set aside the ruling that requires the Brexit vote to gain its approval from a vote in Parliament has se...
On this latest House of Assembly protest, I have to first acknowledge my own bias. My sister, who is a retired senior citizen, was one of those pepper-sprayed and I believe her portrayal of events.
Sh...
The death of Fidel Castro, the strongman of Cuba, has drawn mixed reactions all around the world. Depending on how we view history and how we watch it unfold, Castro will be characterised as liberat...
Nothing defines a government more than they way it interprets the role and access to its courts. We got a great lesson on this point in the US elections where the Republicans have refused to ratify a ...
Many, many years ago, a math professor often repeated a French term, which means “I am doctoring my own ignorance”. True to those words, life has been a journey of unmasking my own ignorance, sometime...
As an individual who has spent a lifetime fighting for economic inclusion, I found there to be some key aspects in the Opposition leader’s Reply to the Throne Speech that sounded encouraging.
Although...
With lots of talk about the role of the electoral college in the United States and delegates in Bermuda versus direct elections, it may be useful to understand their origins.
In 1796 during its beginn...
The Trump victory is a continued manifestation of a worldwide trend, similarly dramatised with the shocking Brexit vote. Donald Trump, as an outsider, understood that phenomenon, but so did Bernie San...
Congratulations to David Burt for becoming the ninth leader of the Progressive Labour Party. The timing of his ascension is pivotal heading into a General Election in a little more than a year’s time....
I decided to pretend that Bermuda was like America and was heading towards its own presidential election. I have launched a campaign based on a plan with the slogan “Make Bermuda Stronger Together”. T...
