481 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Christopher Famous
I remember it as if it were yesterday.
It was about 30 years ago, back in my days at Berkeley, when someone walked into school with a hot new invention. They proudly paraded it around, claiming they were the first one in the entire school to have on...
DATE: Mar 13, 2015
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Christopher Famous
“I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east”
Bob Dylan
On Saturday, February 28, 2013, it seemed as if everywhere I went, people were in state of national mourning. Whether it be on Facebook or in person, there was but one topic of dis...
DATE: Mar 11, 2015
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Christopher Famous
At the end of a narrow country road, there is a small building.
Though small in structure, it is large in living history.
At the entrance of the building stands a man small in stature.
Though small in stature he, too, is large in living history.
This...
DATE: Mar 06, 2015
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Christopher Famous
Nearly 30 years ago, I worked part-time pumping gas down at Flatts Gas Station. Over time, I had quite a few steady clients. Some of them had their own set amount of gas they would purchase.
More often than not, they would give me a tip of $1 or $2. ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2015
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Christopher Famous
On Friday, Junior Minister of Education Leah Scott decided to attack Bermuda’s number one radio host, Sherri Simmons aka Sherri J.
In a letter to The Royal Gazette editor, the One Bermuda Alliance MP tried to utilise a passive-aggressive-passive appr...
DATE: Feb 23, 2015
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Christopher Famous
Thank you for your support and feedback on my columns on cost cutting. Many people are looking for ways to cut costs and at times only look at big ticket items, missing the small ticket items. I look forward to more suggestions as we move towards tak...
DATE: Feb 18, 2015
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Christopher Famous
Ok, so the country is in national debt of two billion dollars. This we all know. We also know that no one has quite figured out how to get us towards a balanced budget without all the painful and drastic cuts.
A lesser known fact, however, is that o...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Christopher Famous
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr
Fifty years ago this week, events in Bermuda took a turn that would see social discourse and history change forever for a number of...
DATE: Feb 06, 2015
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Christopher Famous
“Families sleepin’ in their cars in the Southwest; No home no job no peace no rest; Shelter line stretchin’ ‘round the corner; Welcome to the new world order “
Bruce Springsteen
Growing up in the pre MTV/ BET era we had to actually listen to music v...
DATE: Feb 03, 2015
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Christopher Famous
Over the past week, the social landscape of Bermuda has been vastly redefined.
We all know the minute details of what led to the three-day work stoppage and occupation of Cabinet grounds. We all know of the insulting remarks made towards the workers...
DATE: Jan 30, 2015
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Christopher Famous