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Collaboration huh? It’s a word that has been bandied about a lot lately and it is starting to look like it means different things to different people, depending on the context, who is using it and for what reason. Confused? Don’t be. How about we sta...

Houston, we’ve got a problem. It’s a great line from a pretty good movie (Apollo 13) and by its simplicity conveys effectively what lies ahead. Telescopic vision is not required. Eyes Wide Open (not Shut) will do. So it is, I think, with the work of ...

Now is an opportune time to reflect on the type of government we have here in Bermuda — and not because MPs are trooping back up the Hill today for an extraordinary September sitting. For me the reflection is prompted in part by the recent and somew...

A week or two back you’ll remember I said it sometimes pays to have a sense of humour about the serious matters of state. As a case in point I referred to Finance Minister Bob Richards who — when asked about the prospect of further job losses before...

It isn’t rocket science. It isn’t brain surgery. Collaboration, while challenging, is not impossible. But it does require the political will and major effort to achieve the possible. Otherwise, like the word transparency and its equally attractive tw...

Funny or not, sometimes it pays to have a sense of humour about the serious matters of state. Case in point: In response to predictions about more job losses before the year is out Finance Minister Bob Richards was quoted as saying, “statisticians do...

Drug testing to detect and refer for treatment is a good thing; drug testing simply to catch and expose users not so good. While a combination of the two may not be so bad, to focus exclusively on drug testing is to sidestep a wider debate that needs...

These are the dog days of summer when the heat and humidity tends to get to us all. So I wasn’t too surprised when one astute reader drew me up on my pointed comments last week over the difference between full-time and part-time cabinet ministers. E...