25 results returned for search: "" category ("Opinion Writer" AND "Opinion") author Ric Chapman
You know that kids say the darndest things, right?
Yesterday I discovered the age-old saying had some cause and relevance too.
My wife and I were in the car with our three kids when my 12-year-old son asked, "Dad, it's a sin to commit suicide isn't i...
DATE: Oct 03, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
The other day I wrote an e-mail to the Editor of an in-flight magazine asking her if she wanted any content from Bermuda — seeing they fly here and all.
She showed interest, but her response made me ponder a completely different subject altogether.
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DATE: Sep 19, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
Let me ask you this.
Has the concept of adding a little extra onto the bill for services well done, let’s call them tips or gratuities, gone too far?
I ask because while down in Australia last week I noticed no one gives tips. Now, the argument will...
DATE: Sep 12, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
Could there ever be a better mix of bitter and sweet than what I experienced last week?
I received the call I've been waiting for. Well one of them.
Adam Steinman of Warner Bros invited me to LA to talk about Songopoly going forward. No promises...
I...
DATE: Sep 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
Have you ever noticed, set against the glorious blue backdrop of a lovely Bermuda sky, high-flying jets with long trails of white smoke behind them?
Why are they even over our skies, and who is sending them? Certainly it’s not the Bermuda Government....
DATE: Aug 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
There are certain things in life that simply, for whatever reason, don’t sound like they should be good bedfellows.
Honesty and used car salesmen come to mind.
Obesity and good health is another, as is ketchup and ice cream, the Hatfields and McCoys,...
DATE: Aug 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
Several funny things coming out of the London Olympics that haven't been reported are going to be reported here.
For instance, did you hear about the three young men who wanted to get into the opening ceremony but didn't have tickets?
Well, one of th...
DATE: Aug 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
Cup Match is many things to many people, I for one, love the game of cricket itself and still stand by my comments of two months back that Cup Match should be two One Day Matches with the combined scores added together to achieve a result.
But Bermud...
DATE: Aug 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
The advent of social media platforms has allowed people of any race, gender, size or religious conviction to have a voice. You know, to express themselves, to join comment threads and lash out etc.
And in Bermuda it is no different.
Media opportuniti...
DATE: Jul 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
Have you ever stood on the shoreline of the mainland here and looked across to a small island several hundred metres off shore? And while looking, wondered how many people, if any, had ever walked on it, or, who knows, pondered what it would be like ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
