Mark Twain’s aphorism about never putting off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow was intended as a sardonic rebuke to the chronically tardy, not a rallying cry.
But Bermuda seems to ...
Now that the dust has settled over 1½ days of “cricket” at Wellington Oval, on with the post mortem. Mother Nature gave us the mother of all scares with a week of rain before Cup Match, every day — an...
It is to be hoped that Mother Nature has got her rains in early and we can now enjoy two bright and sunny days of Cup Match cricket at Wellington Oval without interruption. So what of the cricket? Lit...
Hearkening back to the jargon of his military days, Colin Powell once referred to optimism as the ultimate “force multiplier” in political life.
He was slipping into Pentagon-speak for a capability wh...
This is Cup Match week. The teams have been selected, St George’s Cricket Club and its grounds are being made to look smart, and revellers are at the ready for festivities in the East End and all over...
With all the fuss being made over Eastern Counties cricket and over issues of good governance, there is an overriding concern of who is answerable to whom?
Who are the players answerable to? Who are t...
The debate about our population and the economy needs to happen without further ado. Make no mistake, this issue relates directly to the Island’s economic sustainability, its ability to pay pensions a...
Mark Twain is as inextricably linked with the emergence of modern Bermuda as he is with the Mississippi River, whitewashing fences and fixed frog-jumping contests.
His first book Innocents Abroad, a b...
When sport hits the front pages, the expectation is that it is for the exceedingly good news.
Flora Duffy at the Pan American Games; Tyler Butterfield at the Ironman World Championships; Nahki Wells g...
Two weeks today, the camp of Somerset or St George’s will approach the second day of Cup Match feeling pretty good about their chances of winning the 2015 classic.
Last year, it was those of an East E...
