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Charles “Bubba” Joynes and I had a myriad of things in common: our profession, our love of sport and our fraternity. Despite these commonalties, we weren’t particularly close. I am sure our distance was based in the reality that during Charles’s tenu...

The Premier is often called, sometimes sincerely and sometimes ironically, “the brilliant David Burt”. And certainly the Premier does sometimes give the impression of believing he is the brightest person in any room. That’s fine to the extent that s...

Last week Belle turned 10 and we celebrated with the now customary combination of pug-related gifts and cheesy crackers. There was also a stuffed llama, marshmallows and a Shirley Temple. She is easy to please although we all know if she was given ...

I would like to consider a counterintuitive method of achieving crime reduction and disruption to the cycle of offending behaviour in Bermuda. This is as a follow-up to recent concerns raised in The Royal Gazette between August 4 and 7 when the lack ...

The retirement of veteran Opposition MP Trevor Moniz has forced a by-election in the constituency of Smith’s West. Former senator Vic Ball is running for the One Bermuda Alliance, while an announcement from the governing Progressive Labour Party is e...

We are a few months into one of the most dramatic economic calamities the world has witnessed, one that has not been seen since the Great Depression many decades ago. The entire world is fighting a battle to keep people safe from a disease that, whil...

Dear Sir, Many may know that Thomas Sowell is a highly respected American economist and social theorist who is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He has just turned 90 and has written books and essays on the topics of educ...

The term holy grail is, at times, used to refer to an elusive object or goal. I use it in the way that many winemakers do as they strive to make a fine wine from a most difficult grape to work with. August 18 is designated as the day where we cele...

Post-Cup Match blues anyone?! Who doesn’t love a four-day weekend? It’s so nice to have the extra days to unwind. While I’m pretty sure that a four-day weekend would be a good long-term strategy for our mental health, it might not work the same for ...

David Burt and his government have been given a good deal of credit for their handling of the coronavirus crisis, and rightly so. But Mr Burt faces a greater challenge now with the economy, and it’s one that his government was struggling with before...