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Christmas traditions have always fascinated me and for this simple reason, more than 40 years ago, I began to ask older relatives and family friends the question – how did your family prepare for Christmas?
The recollections that I am writing about t...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Cecille Snaith-Simmons
On a Friday evening in December, two weeks before Christmas, I lost my job. I hadn't seen it coming. I'd driven home from work the same as I'd done every night. I was excited for the weekend when my daughter, Kristil, then 12, and I planned to get ou...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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As supply chain snarls cause inflation and delay shipments, many Americans worry that their holiday gifts won't arrive in time. Articles with titles like "How the delta variant stole Christmas" note the difficulties facing consumers, who have gotten ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Benjamin L. McKean Special to the Washington Post
OMG! OMC!! Just when we were starting to convince ourselves that we had turned a corner on Covid-19, it is looking like déjà vu all over again.
A Merry Christmas, you say? You for real?
Cases are increasing at an alarming rate elsewhere. We see how i...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
When a government politician has to go public on public media (as was the case with Christopher Famous ) and call the opposition "the silent six" for non-appearance, to me it’s either facetious or a troubling state of affairs for the country. It's li...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
In 2019, Bermuda hosted 808,242 tourists, which is the most in our history. In the same year, the tourism industry directly contributed 5.1 per cent to our GDP. Of course, tourism has been severely impacted these past two years. There is no reason, h...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Raynor
"If God did not want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep.” — Calvera, The Magnificent Seven
According to the storyline of the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, seven men were hired to protect life and liberty from the self-styled big ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
In two years, Bermuda’s first political party will be 60 years old. I decided to look through our 1963 PLP platform to compare those pledges to those made in our 2021 platform. Lest we forget, back then the PLP was often vilified for proposing so-cal...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, faces yet another week of political crisis even as his Government confronts new public-health challenges posed by the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
His leadership is being questioned at an especially delicat...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Therese Raphael
All of US — by now — have witnessed at least some of the media coverage of the tragic impact of a series of tornadoes that hit eight — from Kentucky to Arkansas — US states. Reports suggest there have been at least 100 deaths across a scene that mirr...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
