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It’s ironic really. One party complains about criticism levelled by the other and invariably replies in kind, whether by style or in substance, or both, touching of further rounds of more of the same. So it goes in politics in Bermuda as the kettle c...
DATE: May 02, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
When I went public with the decision to return to Bermuda, the tone of responses ranged from the congratulatory to the incredulous.
Leaving The Times was a difficult thing to do, being as it is right at the forefront of cutting-edge journalism. But I...
DATE: Apr 30, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith
Politics can be pretty distasteful. “My team is better than your team.” There is a lot of posturing, manipulating information and situations, trying to take credit or discredit where possible … all to look good and gain favour. It’s bad enough puttin...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Few people are unaware of the number of horrible events in the United States in recent years, largely because guns are so plentiful that they often end up in the hands of the mentally challenged, with devastating results, and despite efforts from pol...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
This last Sunday was Easter. ‘The Ten Commandments’ were on television again. I used to enjoy watching that movie, and then I began to wonder why they were showing ‘The Ten Commandments’ when Easter had to do with Jesus. Jesus wasn’t on the scene yet...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
For many people the stock market was already viewed as a casino and a giant gamble; its systems and processes opaque and nonsensical. The latest firestorm on High Frequency Trading (HFT) has not helped dispute this view. Lately the market has been bu...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Dear Carla: I was in a relationship for two years. I went away for a trip for two weeks and the day I was coming back I received a message from my then boyfriend stating he can no longer lie to me and needs to come clean about a few things. I was sho...
DATE: Apr 28, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Carla Zuill
It was a sad week for one of the greatest clubs in the world with the firing of David Moyes, the Manchester United manager, after less than one season in the job but it wasn’t a surprise to me.
Moyes’s fate was sealed last weekend when he lost for t...
DATE: Apr 26, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Despite the blustery weather of the last week or so, there is every sign that the best of the angling has started. Not that many of the weekenders have had a chance between the feast day and the daily grind that comes with a day job.
Having said that...
DATE: Apr 26, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
The idea of planting more than required will produce a quicker and heavier look is simply a good way of wasting ones money and increasing the future maintenance, often with a negative impact on growth. There is an old saying, ’large oaks from little ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Griffiths
