Public perception of the elderly should change in an attempt to stop them feeling “invisible”, the chairman of a specialist housing trust has said.
John Barritt...
Public perception of the elderly should change in an attempt...
Dear Sir,
Defending himself against my criticism of his column about the proposed new airport, Mr John Barritt said that I had taken a cheap shot at him. He sa...
Dear Sir,
Defending himself against my criticism of his col...
Dear Sir,
Normally, I don’t disagree with John Barritt’s columns. This morning, however, I think he has been afflicted by a serious failure of imagination.
In h...
Dear Sir,
Normally, I don’t disagree with John Barritt’s col...
Tough: that is what we have been told to expect with the 2015-16 Government Budget. We will soon know whether that means tough for those who had to put it toget...
Tough: that is what we have been told to expect with the 201...
Traffic, Mr Editor, traffic: it seems everyone has an opinion about the problem and the solution — and why not?
We are all drivers, riders or users of the road ...
Traffic, Mr Editor, traffic: it seems everyone has an opinio...
Maybe, Mr Editor, it is a waste of time and space going on about the need for greater collaboration and cooperation, as one keen reader of mine has suggested.
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Maybe, Mr Editor, it is a waste of time and space going on a...
Hindsight, as they say Mr Editor, is 20/20 vision. It is easy to say that they should have done this or they should not have done that. Nonetheless, there are a...
Hindsight, as they say Mr Editor, is 20/20 vision. It is eas...
The DPP decision was as confounding as it was disappointing, Mr Editor, on two fronts.
We know this much: the appointment is in the discretion of the Governor. ...
The DPP decision was as confounding as it was disappointing,...
Politics offers up plenty of twists and turns, Mr Editor, some of them predictable and some not so predictable. The unpredictable can be a pain. When asked what...
Politics offers up plenty of twists and turns, Mr Editor, so...
It was a criticism that was bound to be levelled, Mr Editor, and so it was. Bermuda could use an America’s Cup approach to public education.
Everyone knows it ...
It was a criticism that was bound to be levelled, Mr Editor,...
Far be it from me to cast the first stone, or any stone at all. The fact is I have been there and been a part of that. I know only too well how easy it is to cr...
Far be it from me to cast the first stone, or any stone at a...
By John Barritt
Readers write, Mr Editor, and they are seldom wrong – as well you know. Much like voters, which most of them probably are. This week I share a f...
By John Barritt
Readers write, Mr Editor, and they are seldo...
By John Barritt
The Arab proverb has it right, Mr Editor: Trust in God but tie your camel. It is good sound advice that makes even more sense (and dollars and c...
By John Barritt
The Arab proverb has it right, Mr Editor: Tr...
No need for sub-titles, Mr Editor, or interpreters. No need to read between the lines either. I shall try and keep it plain and simple and short. I tell my gra...
No need for sub-titles, Mr Editor, or interpreters. No need ...
They’re back, Mr Editor. The House on the Hill reopens today after a 16-week absence with all the usual pomp and pageantry the colony can muster for the occasio...
They’re back, Mr Editor. The House on the Hill reopens today...
“A plague upon this howling!”
With apologies and credit to Will, Tim, I lift a few lines from his play to make a few points about the still-vex’d Bermoothes. Ve...
“A plague upon this howling!”
With apologies and credit to W...
By John Barritt
Consultation, Mr Editor, I am all for it. Our people deserve the opportunity to be engaged on the issues of the day and the difficult decisions ...
By John Barritt
Consultation, Mr Editor, I am all for it. Ou...
The joke is, Mr Editor, that we obtained responsible government almost 50 years ago with passage of the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968 and that it has grown in...
The joke is, Mr Editor, that we obtained responsible governm...
Position is the art of gunnery, Mr Editor, or words to that effect. A former comrade in arms, politically speaking of course, not literally please, used to remi...
Position is the art of gunnery, Mr Editor, or words to that ...
People are looking for answers, Mr Editor, and when people want answers they start by asking questions. Hmmn, questions. Fair enough.
On the Hill in the House, ...
People are looking for answers, Mr Editor, and when people w...
T & A, Mr Editor, transparency and accountability, are the key to good governance. Both words are bandied about frequently by those in and out of politics, mys...
T & A, Mr Editor, transparency and accountability, are the ...
It was a whopper that came up a cropper, you could say Mr Editor. Let me explain myself. The One Bermuda Alliance Government looked to be stuck with an investig...
It was a whopper that came up a cropper, you could say Mr Ed...
Fissiparous was a word that had readers thumbing through their dictionaries last week, Mr Editor. It had them thinking and talking too. Good. So, too, did the c...
Fissiparous was a word that had readers thumbing through the...
A son remembers his father, Mr Editor, and I do so today with his words, not mine. Rummaging this week through papers he gave me some time ago, I happened to co...
A son remembers his father, Mr Editor, and I do so today wit...
It’s ironic really. One party complains about criticism levelled by the other and invariably replies in kind, whether by style or in substance, or both, touchin...
It’s ironic really. One party complains about criticism leve...
Spare a thought for the Health Minister. He hasn’t been in office four months and grease balls surface on the South Shore. If that isn’t bad enough, the US Cons...
Spare a thought for the Health Minister. He hasn’t been in o...
The value of an independent, objective opinion is not to be underestimated, particularly perhaps in politics, and not withstanding if it is the work of a lawyer...
The value of an independent, objective opinion is not to be ...
Politics will change when politicians change, one reader told me after last week’s column. He has a point. Albert Einstein put it another way: “The world as we ...
Politics will change when politicians change, one reader tol...
