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The British vote to leave the European Union may come to be seen as a tipping point in global politics, perhaps more consequential than anything since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It may mark the moment when Europe comes face to face with its own con...

It has been quite some time since the global financial markets have faced such a widely-anticipated, major binary decision expected to propel securities prices sharply in one direction or another. I am, of course, referring to this week’s ‘Brexit’ vo...

Stop the press. It seems the most effective form of contraception for the next generation may not be birth control pills or condoms, but instead, subjecting them to episodes of Call the Midwife. I didn’t hear little Belle creep downstairs after bedt...

Dear Dr Nekia, I am having a real issue with my husband. Honestly, I feel more like his mother than his wife. We both work and I still do the majority of the household chores and look after the children. He complains about being tired and doesn’t ta...

Dear Sir, Bermuda has been a colony of Britain for more than 400 years. This has already been far too long. A colony is like a child who does not want to grow up, so it chooses instead to remain tied to its mother’s apron strings. Well, mother count...

Sunday’s announcement from the White House that Malia Obama would take a gap year before starting at Harvard University in the autumn of 2017 drew swift reactions on social media — a mix of support, ridicule for delaying adulthood and some envy that ...

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” — Marcus Garvey Not long ago, Bermuda’s public school history curriculum focused almost exclusively on European and American history, with ver...

This is an introduction and overview to a new retirement series. The series will be extensive. It has to be. Retirement readiness is not just about “how much do I need” or “five tips to a complete retirement,” rather, individuals will experience ent...

The Cambridge Elementary School Checkpoint results provide valid reason for Bermudians to ask: why are so many of our young people struggling academically and are they being prepared for success? This also begs the question as to whether adequate and...

This the third part in the New Retirement series. Should you pay off your mortgage before you retire? This is probably the most common question posed to me (along with “will we run out of money”) in the many years of my retirement counselling profess...