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MY THOUGHT DU JOUR: "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on" — Arab proverb.
You could call it the theatre of the absurd. A cast of characters caught in a hapless situation, forced to engage in repetitive and meaningless actions, featuring a cyclica...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Bermuda has been a continuous supporter and friend of the US for 400 years and, in spite of our small size, we have been one of the United State's most durable and dependable friends.
The United States' history is intricately linked with Bermuda.
Our...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Education Minister Elvin James' admission that $6 million was trimmed from his Ministry's budget at the last minute – and that the cuts contained in the Budget are not in fact the cuts that will be made, gives great cause for concern.
First, it seems...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Road to a cliff
February 26, 2010
Dear Sir,
Please allow me a few lines to announce my sheer disgust with this year's Budget, which is nothing but a knee-jerk reaction to the Government's years of squandering, overspending and mismanagement. There is...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Readers may have the impression from reading criticism of the Budget this year that there is nothing good in it, and that all additional spending is wrong in the current economic climate. Neither impression is accurate. There are two programmes in th...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Many people despair about Bermuda's youth, given reports of poor education, rising violence, gangs and the like.
But the reality is that many of Bermuda's young people do remarkably well. It is often the five to ten percent who make their peers look ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Road to a cliff
February 26, 2010
Dear Sir,
Please allow me a few lines to announce my sheer disgust with this year's Budget, which is nothing but a knee-jerk reaction to the Government's years of squandering, overspending and mismanagement. There is...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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Future looks grim
February 26, 2010
Dear Sir,
Much of what we read in the Budget Speech this morning was like watching reruns of old movies. But then it is too early to be over critical to ask when we should expect a balanced budget, as we assume thi...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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While thinking about a topic for this month's column, I heard a story on BBC radio about Sun City in Arizona. Built solely as a retirement community in 1960, Sun City has been very successful promoting a lifestyle of golf, bowling, hot-dog suppers an...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Dennis for Parliament
February 23, 2010
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After reading all the "Ying and Yang" in reference to the "unaccounted $890 million of taxpayers' monies", I was curious to know whether Larry Dennis ever thought about running as an Independent, (or ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2010
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