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Dear Sir, Here is an e-mail sent in response to a young man’s Facebook question to me: “Do you think that blacks can take over businesses again like construction, which were once black-dominated, and how?” I have to remain an optimist, so my answer i...

Understanding bonds — part 1. The Bermuda Investment Primer Series. The recent focus on Donald Trump’s leaked (or however the information was obtained) 1995 partial personal tax return by the New York Times brings up the very interesting topic of jun...

Dear Sir, I am considering going abroad but my first reason is not financial. However, finance is a big consideration. I have never lived extravagantly, have grown my own food for years, and have been careful to live frugally. I have been concerned f...

We are now just months away from breaking ground on a badly needed 21st-century, state-of-the-art airport terminal. Why do I say badly needed? Because the day-to-day reality of the existing terminal is sewage back-ups, bad smells, leaking roofs, mec...

Gross domestic product figures show an improving economy. The Bermuda Tourism Authority is reporting strong numbers. Very good news for Bermuda. Are we out of the woods yet? Not by a long shot. In fact, in many ways, I am as concerned about Bermuda’s...

This poem was written after I observed that a front-page newspaper story about a black Bermudian male was printed on the same day his sibling’s funeral notice — Brother Blue Collar Worker or “BCW” — finally showed up on the back pages of the newspape...

In a second exclusive extract from Border Crossing Brothas: Black Males Navigating Race, Place and Complex Space, TY-RON DOUGLAS uses poetry to make a crucial point. *** This poem was written after I observed that a front-page newspaper story about a...

Ty-Ron Douglas, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri, has spent much of his adult life researching black masculinity, black family and African Diaspora Studies. And now he h...

Whatever one may think of the most efficient ways to spend $38,000, or whether such a small sum of money in the context of national spending is worth losing a job over, what is undeniable is that the Bermuda Government has made a pig’s ear of trying ...

“How was art?” My eight-year-old’s favourite subject. “OK,” came the response, sounding less than OK. “We were learning to draw faces. We had to do them correctly.” Sounds great to me. Why wouldn’t he be happy about getting it right? He has a new te...