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The Rev Martin Luther King Jr is a historical figure that every schoolchild should know, one of the few from American history sculpted into a monument on the Mall. Yet much of his activism is misunderstood, even by some who seek to honour him. Amid p...

Dear Sir, I read both Jonathan Smith and Colwyn Burchall Jr’s books, Island Flames and They Called Him ‘Roose’ respectively. They both touched on the topic of Bermuda’s strategic military role, particularly during the Cold War. However, that item nee...

Citizens, activists and journalists have used the ‘Right to Know’ to reveal the details of public-private contracts for offshore oil drilling in Mexico and to seek reports about the Tempura corruption scandal involving the police and judiciary in the...

Senator Michael Fahy is the Minister of Home Affairs While I applaud MP Walton Brown’s efforts to educate Bermudians about immigration matters through a series of public meetings, the first of which was held early this week, I cannot help but be conc...

There’s nothing like a pleasant dressing-down, Mr Editor, and I received a very nice one of those last week from a kind and faithful reader. She told me that I don’t understand, although I do (smile), and only too well (smile), and from experience (s...

The just concluded murder trial of Kiahna Trott-Edwards is as good a case as any to exemplify the depth of societal breakdown in Bermuda. Two people, unknown to one another before that fateful day on September 8 last year, thrust into a narrative tha...

Labour Day on September 7 will probably be a day of festivities, hot dogs and cliché-driven speeches, and I cannot think that there is anything sinister about the refusal of the unions to invite politicians. Nothing wrong with that and let’s hope eve...

Mobility, or the ability to get around, is essential for getting through the day. Even simple tasks such as getting out of bed, going to the bathroom or getting food out of the refrigerator require mobility. Young, healthy people take their ability t...

Dear Dr Nekia, I hear a lot of women complaining about how men do not do this and that anymore while dating. Didn’t women fight for equal rights? For the right to be treated like men? So why are women complaining about men no longer bending over ba...

“You can say what you want about me, but don’t you dare talk about my momma.” Those are the well-worn words of many a Bermudian man, who might allow the most vile insult to be mouthed about his father, but then will “go Casemates” to stand up for his...