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It is a general rule of thumb most understand: if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it must be a duck. But few ever think or care what kind of duck. The same might be said of a mounting challenge Bermuda is facing. Tax h...

It’s been nine weeks since MPs trundled up the Hill to do business. A nice break, you might think, but let’s not be too harsh here. The work of Government doesn’t just stop because the House is in recess. Besides we all know that the real work doesn...

Ventriloquism isn’t just for dummies, Mr Acting Editor. It can also be a very useful and effective political tool. No, I am not referring to bloggers and petty party hacks posturing and posing behind pseudonyms. Those people are about as subtle (and ...

Spare me the wisecracks about great minds and fools but that was some coincidence Mr Acting Editor, two of your Friday columnists DJLT and JB separately and independent of each other, as you know, reflecting on the tragic events in Boston and each wo...

See something. Say Something. Know something. Say Something. Those are not just words, Mr Acting Editor, but powerful advice which, when acted upon, can constitute an effective tool in helping to combat crime and bring criminals to justice. Now think...

Everyone who lives in Bermuda is an expert in tourism. So am I. But I am going to try and avoid political bickering, the predictable petty ping pong of partisan politics as to whose national plan we are working from, whether the Tourism Authority is ...

The young are the restless. It is a line for which I cannot take credit. It was a headline that appeared recently in The New York Times. It caught my eye as did the subject matter: how views are changing on the decriminalisation and use of marijuana....

The issue of financial disclosure for parliamentarians has concerned me for years, Mr Acting Editor. There has always been this nagging feeling that the requirement for disclosure has been honoured more in the breach than in the application. The reas...

Short week, short takes, Mr Acting Editor. Take One, Senate: After 56 hours of Budget Debate up the Hill we get 22 more down the Hill. But it has its uses. The first is practical. With two Cabinet Ministers among their number, an opportunity arises ...