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How are you with multiple choice? Try this one: which of the following things is the biggest threat facing Bermuda? Is it: A, Bermuda’s flatlining economy B, The Covid-19 global health pandemic C, Bermuda’s eye-watering government debt — with a newly...

Do you recall who said that death and taxes are the only two certainties in life? I didn’t. But “Professor Google” set me straight — it was Benjamin Franklin. Writing a letter about the United States Constitution in 1789, he said: “Our new Constituti...

See if you can spot the link between the following three vignettes. Ready? (Hint: it’s the economy). First there was Sage How did you spend your weekend? Me? I blew the dust off the Sage Report — well, only the executive Summary, if truth be told. ...

A funny thing happened when the House of Assembly resumed this past Friday ... peace broke out. Well, not completely. There was still the usual political snipery. This is politics, after all. But the twin threats that Covid-19 poses to life and liber...

Many of you will have seen the recent news about the captain of a US aircraft carrier who allegedly broke ranks to warn that a large number of sailors on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt had contracted the Covid-19 virus. His letter of concern to the...

Some 25 years ago, a debate was raging in America about the power of words. The argument was this: do words matter? William Raspberry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at The Washington Post whose articles occasionally appeared in The Royal Gazet...

It is welcome news that the Attorney-General, responding to last year’s stinging criticism by Bermuda’s Court of Appeal, has finally appointed a panel of litigation guardians. However, it is astounding that the AG first refused to release the names o...

First, let’s start with the positive. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health in the present Progressive Labour Party government, has the ability to tackle the island’s very real healthcare problems. She is demonstrably intelligent, personable and, as an ...

Last Friday in the House of Assembly, Curtis Dickinson, the Progressive Labour Party’s newish finance minister, and I marked our mutual anniversary. Friday was exactly one year since we were both elected to Parliament in by-elections held on June 7, ...

It will very soon be my first anniversary as an elected MP. People often ask me how I am finding it up on the Hill. My first year as the newest Member of the House has certainly been interesting, sometimes frustrating, and, occasionally, profound. Th...