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Inquest did its job January 21, 2004 Dear Sir, I was disturbed to read Matthew Taylor?s article on lawyer Elizabeth Christopher?s comments on the recent inquest into the death of Gladys Smith. To suggest that ?policies were needed? or that some sort ...

No dreams of dictatorship January 18, 2004 Dear Sir, I really liked Mr. Cracknell's letter because it reaches out and shakes the issue of political ambition. He clearly lays out the issue in terms I have heard many people bandying without expressing ...

Good afternoon and thank you for being here this afternoon. What you have learned thus far is intended to help you understand the rationale for the way forward, the rationale for change. It's time to wake-up Bermuda. The way forward is a series of b...

The above invitation was issued by Premier Alex Scott in during his charm offensive ? emphasis on the offensive ? of last week. I?ve never been known to turn down a free lunch, particularly one with such an abundance of enticingly juicy low-hanging ...

Thanks for the help January 5, 2005 Dear Sir, Please allow me space in your column, to thank two gentlemen who so kindly assisted me on November 8, when I was hit by a bike on the crosswalk by White Sands Road, in Paget. One of them called 911. They ...

As Premier Alex Scott points out in this newspaper today, there is always a tendency to shoot the messenger when they bring news or opinions that don?t square with one?s own. And there is no easier way of doing that when the messenger is foreign than...

David Dodwell, who was named as the Opposition United Bermuda Party's economic empowerment czar last year, has begun to take his show on the road, as evidenced by his speech to Hamilton Rotary this week, which is printed in full on this page. The UBP...

Dr. Martin Luther King once said, ?There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society, with a large segment of the people in that society, who feel that they have no stake in it, who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have a stake i...

And everyone in Bermuda will be aware this week that whatever problems we face here, they cannot compare to the disaster that has struck the countries of South and Southeast Asia after the Boxing Day tsunami. That catastrophe should be a vital remind...

You can?t win at Customs December 23, 2004 Dear Sir, With H.M. Customs and duty regulations currently enjoying high media profile, I am reminded of a particularly unpleasant and lengthy search: Last year, along with detailed goods for which I had rec...