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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, ...

“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...

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...

Growing up during the 1980s, like most other young men, I was addicted to both local and international football. We spent almost every free moment we had playing football, talking about football or watching football live or on television. Back in tho...

“No one left behind” This was but one of the fancy slogans used by the One Bermuda Alliance during the late stages of its 2012 campaign. What it truly meant with those words is anyone’s guess What people have seen with its actions has been a lot mor...

“Smiles win out always” Infused and refreshed with copious amounts of locally made sorrel and lemon grass tea, hundreds of persons sat in awe of what could only be described as one of the greatest showcases of Bermudian talent for the summer of 2015 ...