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Valentine’s Day got off to a bumpy start. I was unclipping Princess Chloe from her car seat and getting a little frustrated at the level of procrastination. “Hurry up!” I said, as rush hour traffic whistled past my ear. “If you don’t get a move on I’...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
While attending a plenary session at a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nairobi 18 months ago, I listened to a number of politicians from many countries speak to the problematic relationship they have with the media. Speaker after...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
Pernell Grant’s victory in his four year quest for justice in his case of discrimination against Apex Limited is not only a story of one man’s courage and perseverance, but also highlights how Bermudians continue to be discriminated against even in t...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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I know that challenge leads to hard work and that hard work produces results. People who expect to be given all the good things in life just because they were born to privilege or come from a certain strata in society, or because they enjoy a particu...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
On Thursday night I attended the CFA Society of Bermuda's forecast dinner during which Tony Boeckh gave the keynote address. What follows are a couple of key points I picked up from the address and from reading his book “The Great Reflation” that I h...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
In what TCD Driver's Handbook does it say that Bermudians have a right to double park wherever they please? And where does it say that when you double park that you can look as smug as you like, so that you're even more irritating to the person stuck...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Grumpy Old Man
What a week for English football.
Fabio Capello, the England manager, resigned from his £6 millions-a-year job just four months before the start of Euro 2012.
The Italian had been at loggerheads with the English FA for going over his head to remove J...
DATE: Feb 11, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
It is pretty hard not to notice that the days are getting longer as daylight persists to about six in the evening. Mornings still tend to be dark but with a return to Daylight Savings Time coming into force in just four weeks’ time, we should stay us...
DATE: Feb 11, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
I should have known that taking little Belle dress shopping was a bad idea. At 18 months old, she is drawn like a magnet to anything unsuitable at best, dangerous at worst. This means she is a liability in public places, most specifically (but not li...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
It’s that time of the year when clubs meet to start making preparations for the 2012 cricket season.
This season promises to be a more entertaining and challenging season as for the first time ever the league has been reduced from eight teams to six...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
