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Ok, so the country is in national debt of two billion dollars. This we all know. We also know that no one has quite figured out how to get us towards a balanced budget without all the painful and drastic cuts.
A lesser known fact, however, is that o...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
I’ve now popped our Beat the Couch signs up along East Broadway and North Shore for a little marketing blitz.
I took great care to make sure they were perfectly aligned. I even drove past them again to double check they were smart and evenly spaced ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
By Clay Smith
The Cricket World Cup is upon us, but who will win is anybody’s guess. On present form, the obvious teams to choose to win the tournament are South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
However, with the history of upsets at previous Worl...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Talk about juxtaposition Mr Editor. Former Premier and astute businessman Sir John Swan thinks we are about to fall off the edge of a cliff. An OBA spokesperson affirms her party’s confidence in a confidence survey of Bermuda businessmen which indic...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
“Racism”, finally given a name in the 1930s, centuries after the evil first pervaded the belief system, had no idea how emotive a topic it would become — and continue to become.
Back in the days of its genesis, most significantly during the advance o...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith
When I was six, my uncle brought me a Paddington Bear from London. He wore a floppy hat, blue coat and yellow galoshes. Around day two of ownership, one of the yellow boots went missing. Several decades later I still have Paddington, minus the boot. ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Slacker Mom
The news last week about a Jordanian pilot being burned alive by extremists hit me hard. Driving with the BBC World Service on, I burst into tears behind the wheel.
The German word “weltschmerz”, which translates to “world pain”, labels the sadness ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Picture this. You’re in the gym, you’re wearing your brand new workout gear, you’ve got your pre-workout drink, your lifting gloves are on and you’ve nailed the Blue Steel pose (OK, maybe not the last part).
But you’re ready, you mean business, it’s...
DATE: Feb 11, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Becky Wright
It was only a small slip, of information, Mr. Editor, but it struck me as a possible tell. In the throes of the dispute over furlough days, the BPSU declared that they had been threatened with a 19 per cent hike in health insurance premiums. Around ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Dear Dr Nekia,
I’m 19 years old and am in love with my high school girlfriend. I work as a carpenter’s assistant and like what I do. I asked my girlfriend to marry me but both our parents do not think it’s a good idea. I love her. What’s the big ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nekia Walker
