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The year 1975 for me was a re-entry point from pure social activism to include politics. I remember shortly thereafter going to a political meeting at the old Masonic Lodge on Khyber Pass where MP Lois Browne-Evans was speaking in a political campaig...

The America’s Cup is unquestionably a boon for Bermuda in a number of direct and indirect ways. Could it have been promoted or even organised better are other questions that need a critical view. Unfortunately, given the high stakes, the environment ...

Sharing time with some Native American friends in Canada tuned me into some of my own latent sentiments, which seem cyclic. It may be hard to imagine what some Native Americans can experience, particularly since the rhetoric that exploded on the Amer...

The idea of man and woman, male and female, and masculinity and femininity, are the yin and yang or polar opposites of what we term as life. From all mortal perspective, it’s either/or and the inanimate forms of life — the sexless other. Some refer t...

We live in a world of constitutionality and are either active participants of a living process or zombies in vaulted chambers. Wendell Phillips, the abolitionist, said: “Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.” He also said in the same speech: “On...

The French presidential election, in which two outsiders beat the main political parties and swept the ballots, is bringing out a political utility that could be useful for those interested in reforming Bermuda’s political system. Often pundits have...

For us baby boomers, the 1960s was a memorable era. The assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) was followed by the song Abraham, Martin and John sung by Dion and so soulfully rendered by Moms Ma...

When the Ombudsman idea was first introduced back around 2001 by the British overseas department, I recall Dame Lois Browne-Evans reticence and her statement: “That’s what the courts are for.” I never thought then that her statement, in a perverse wa...

Like during Cup Match, when the competitive spirit is at fever pitch, every opportunity to score an advantage draws a dramatic and heightened response. Just the sound of a nick of the ball will draw a loud appeal — “How’s he” yelled by the players an...

What makes Bermuda unique? Some would say it’s the people, others will say it’s the pastel-coloured houses and white roofs. The list would go on, so let me include that it’s the coastline that has been shaped by the millions of years of wave action, ...