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With her doors spread wide open, she welcomed her guests. One by one they came. Two by two they came. Each of them embracing and speaking to others who had walked through those eastern facing doors.
Once again, Devonshire Church hall was the setting ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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Christopher Famous
“For whom the bell tolls
Time marches on
For whom the bell tolls”
— Metallica
By Chris Famous
There is a bell in Devonshire that has been tolling for multiple generations. Anyone living in Devonshire North knows that bell very intricately. It has to...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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Christopher Famous
A canvassing we will go
A canvassing we will go
Hi Ho the merry o
A canvassing we will go.
During the course of the past month, we have spent countless hours and days out on the canvassing trail, knocking on doors and speaking to Bermudians about ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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Christopher Famous
Hmm, Christmas time again. Let us go through our annual checklist to see what we need to tick off once again.
Clean chimney? Many of us no longer have chimneys. So scratch that.
Mail a wish list to Santa? It may be easier if we just WhatsApp him at t...
DATE: Dec 24, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“I’m not voting.”
“I have never voted.”
“All politicians are the same.”
Statements made frequently. At first listen, I wonder why anyone would even have this rationale? Then I remember that many in my generation had this very same attitude at one po...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Actual Blackberry Messenger conversation from November 2012
DR: What’s up, fowl?
TCF: D Sky.
DR: I need you to help me with some canvassing tomorrow.
TCF: Where?
DR: Knapton Hill.
TCF: Knapton Hill? You do know that hill is very, very steep, right?
D...
DATE: Dec 11, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“All politics is local” — Tip O’Neal
Christopher Famous
Over the past few months, there have been a number of events that have fostered social and political interaction. Whether it be via fish fry events, open mics, town hall meetings, the annual P...
DATE: Dec 09, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Writer’s note: On June 7, 2013, I had this opinion piece published in the Bermuda Sun. It spoke to actions that many had predicted that the One Bermuda Alliance would embark on. Reading the points, one can see the paths that the OBA was and is still ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Over the past few years, Facebook has become a dominant feature in the daily lives of 1.5 billion human beings on this planet called Earth; possibly, with a few astronauts and cosmonauts circling the globe as well.
Out of those 1.5 billion persons, m...
DATE: Dec 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
Recently third-quarter visitors arrival figures were announced via the Bermuda Tourism Authority. These figures showed that, year-on-year, our air arrivals had dropped. “Leisure air arrivals are flat when compared to 2014, down 0.80 per cent [939 vis...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous