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In one of my earliest Hallowe'en memories, I am about 8 years old and following my Tía Cherola up an unfamiliar driveway. She was dressed as a witch, a costume she chose every year, and I was an “old lady” wearing a white wig and brown faux fur shawl...

“Hereby it is manifest,” Thomas Hobbes wrote in 1651’s Leviathan, “that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man.” Hob...

Here in Bermuda, the war that has been waged by Russia against Ukraine since February 24, 2022, and related events such as fundraisers were initially covered quite well. However, as the war dragged on for weeks and then months, current news, which is...

“Who the cap fits, let them wear it” — Bob Marley I am fully aware that the question posed in the title of this commentary is provocative. I also want all to know that the question raised is hyperbole. However, after the recent vote for the P...

In the late 1940s, students from around the Caribbean and North Atlantic attended university in London. These persons included Errol Barrow, of Barbados, Eugenia Charles, of Dominica, Michael Manley, of Jamaica, Lynden Pindling, of the Bahamas, and L...

Will they split? Won’t they? On Tuesday, we finally got an answer to whether Kanye West and adidas would go their separate ways. The sportswear giant said it was ending its almost decade-long collaboration with the musician, now officially known as Y...

Opening a column with statistics and dates may not be the best way to get your attention, but these three statistics and single date are important, so please take note: • The median age in the US is 38.5 years • The median age in Russia is 39.8 years...

It is a nice coincidence that Rishi Sunak won the leadership of the Conservative Party, and hence the premiership, on the most important day of Diwali, the “festival of light” celebrated by Hindus, along with Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists. Diwali s...

I think most people have heard the term “floating a balloon” — and I need to float one now. Politics is about people, and gaining political thrust requires a healthy percentage of a population’s support. Having great ideas is good, but great ideas al...

Increasingly, we are being warned that our long-held definition of feminine beauty is not merely amoral, it is also unhealthy. The latest piece of evidence comes from a National Institutes of Health study: women who frequently use chemical hair strai...