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Dear Sir, John Wight wrote a thoughtful opinion in this paper several weeks ago and it has been a topic of editorials about the need to sustain an educated population in Bermuda. Here is an idea I would like to propose: every overseas education schol...

Dear Sir, I noted with concern that the recent Throne Speech contained the concept proposed by the education minister via a statement in June of this year with respect to replacing middle schools with “signature schools”. Subsequent to the June stat...

Armistice Day, tomorrow, November 11, 2018, marks the 100th year anniversary of the end of the Great War, the First World War. I write to honour and remember Bermuda’s men and women who served in Great War and thoughts on the lives of those who survi...

I am curious and concerned upon learning of the Cabinet shuffle by David Burt, the second in 16 months after the election last year. In addition, it must be noted that the Premier was misleading in his comments when he went to great lengths to emphas...

What’s so scary about climate change? The term is not scary — at least not in a visceral, skin-crawling sense. Scientists have shown that the likely two degrees of global warming to come this century will be extremely dangerous, but, you know, “two d...

Many argue that Bermuda has a “diverse culture”, but they are mistaken in their observation. A culture is the combined ideas, customs and behaviour of one group of people. A “diverse culture”, then, is an oxymoron, and impossible. The truth is that ...

Dear Sir, The phrase “the path best taken” does not present itself in the same way to every individual as they pass through life. Yes, our life experiences are so very different, yet even though it’s a very short statement, its intent is to highligh...

Neil Speight handing in his resignation as chief executive of the Bermuda Cricket Board recently was not so much a case of him abandoning a sinking ship but a matter of affixing an oxygen tank to his back with flippers to deliver him from the ocean d...

Dear Sir, I’m writing once again to your column voicing my feelings regarding the funeral of a dear friend who passed away on October 7, 2018. The funeral took place last Saturday at the Salvation Army Citadel on North Street, Pembroke. Kirwan would ...

Dear Sir, It is often said that some parents tend to disengage from their children’s education. This translates into “giving up” or resigning the parent role. The exercise of a parent’s authority tends to encounter various difficulties, whether it is...