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American parents are forever bombarded with information about how we are doing it wrong. Our helicopter-rescuing, “a trophy for every child because every child is a winner” cosseting ways are going to result in a generation of future adults unable to...
DATE: Mar 07, 2018
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She never saw it coming. There was no boom. No crash. No crunch of metal on metal like in the movies.
It was just Filsan Duale and five children in the minivan — four of her own plus a friend they took go-karting — heading to their home in northern V...
DATE: Mar 06, 2018
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Petula Dvorak
Over the course of the next few weeks, we shall be witness to the biggest charade in the parliamentary calendar — and that is the Budget debate. One week of this charade has happened already and I’m willing to bet that most people had no idea. There ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2018
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“Old pirates, yes they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships.”
Those words were so profoundly placed at the very beginning of Bob Marley’s Redemption Song. The song had a message that was obviously deep and personal because he, at the time, knew of hi...
DATE: Mar 05, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder letter has always been a special event for this writer as I continue to be a devout follower of Warren Buffett. Warren is not shy to admit his mistakes, offer timeless wisdom on investing and remind us all ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Much of the world continues to be alarmed at the amount of tragedies where countless lives are lost through criminal use of weapons designed for the battlefield.
This has created a massive reaction from younger Americans who feel the latest mass kill...
DATE: Mar 03, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Dear readers, we discussed the all encompassing role of mathematics in our economy, our lifestyles, and our very existence, last week.
We alone determine where we end up in our financial life. We can’t rely upon anyone but ourselves. We can help each...
DATE: Mar 03, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
On March 2, 1955, a 15-year-old high school student named Claudette Colvin was arrested on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat.
This happened nine months before Rosa Parks’s famous arrest in the same circumstances.
That un...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
On February 14, the front page of The Royal Gazette carried an attention-grabbing headline — “Famous: PLP must reach out to whites”.
Not quite a heart-warming Valentine’s message, yet that headline managed to attract 326 comments.
If anyone needed fu...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
The following doubles as a response to the request for consultation on the Bermuda Government’s plans to introduce a sugar tax.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit a response to the Government’s proposal to introduce a sugar tax in September 201...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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