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In life, it is interesting to hear people brag about any given entity or issue. You know, the whole feelgood notion that paints something as near Utopian. Anyone listening to them would think to themselves: “Wow, this is the greatest thing since slic...

“Country roads, take me home, to the place where I belong” — John Denver As much as travelling is fun, exciting and sometimes adventurous, it has both a beginning and an end. At the end, one eventually travels back home to the place where you belong...

Well, the election has been called for July 18 and each side is presenting its ideas, past achievements and candidates. As such, the electorate is deciding which side they will vote for or, indeed, whether or not they will actually vote. No matter wh...

“It’s the plumber, I’ve come to fix the sink” An age-old joke that many tradespersons tend to use when they are greeting each other. Yet a very profound statement that encapsulates that if one has a problem with their sink or any other water issues, ...

One day some Berkeley boys came to school. The put on their blinds looking oh so cool Silly them they had broken the rule So they found themselves visiting RKH after school. Reflecting back on Berkeley days always seems to bring a mixture of memor...

“Hocus-pocus” “Abracadabra” Two of the signature terms of magicians. Whether they are pulling rabbits out of hats or sawing damsels in half, magicians have been using smoke and mirrors combined with the art of distraction to trick their audience fo...

Prior preparation prevents poor performance. Anyone who has served in the Royal Bermuda Regiment would have been indoctrinated in the above axiom, the simple premise being that the more one prepares, the better the performance and the results. Over t...

Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Lou Angelou ... despite having the odds stacked against them, they all transformed the lives of others As it goes with legends, we have read about them and heard glowing stories about them but far too often, we...

In 1944, my grandmother, Catherine “Katie” Charles Famous, died suddenly in her forties. Her husband was left to care for their 10 children in the wake of her passing. My grandfather, Charles “Charlie” Famous, spent most of his time tending to his f...

The phrase, “all politics is local” is a common phrase in US politics. The former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tip O’Neill is most closely associated with this phrase — Wikipedia.com If one wishes to be involved in politics i...