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My rights! “Son, there is no such thing as ‘your rights’. The only rights that exist are the ones you create and learn to protect.” We have so many positions we take as truths, but are merely assumptions — and society often contributes to its own ent...

Maths are everything. Maths are absolute. Maths are everywhere in our world in virtually every decision we make in our daily lives. Behind the scenes, maths calculations have become so mundane that we have become practically oblivious. And, maths ph...

Last Sunday there was a family gathering at the Willowbank Hotel Conference Centre. Hundreds from across the island came together to honour the founders of the Progressive Labour Party, those who had laid the foundations for a better and fairer Bermu...

I am by profession a lawyer who has had the misfortune in my long career to see the terrible results of fatal accidents from every perspective: inside courts and witnessing punishment, acknowledging the bereavements and grieving families, and all the...

When I read this year’s Budget in the relationship with the state of the economy and society, I had to fall back on my cricket analogies. The comparison I give would be that my opponent has declared at 350 and my team are on 110 and we just lost the ...

As Valentine’s Day is upon us, there tends to be a focus on all things sweet and/or chocolate. Coincidentally, I just finished reviewing the Consultation document produced by the Government’s Ministry of Health in connection with the proposed sugar ...

A few weeks ago I undertook to proffer an opinion on the place the One Bermuda Alliance inhabits on the political spectrum. You will recall I remarked that the Progressive Labour Party leadership is definitely not a strict labour political personali...

When the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art opened its doors to the public on March 2, 2008, it gave up a 20-plus year history of being “Art on the Gogh”. Along the way, the collection had travelled abroad and created “pop up” displays wherever wall s...

To be financially literate is to be financially successful. Financial literacy is the buzz phrase of the day. Everyone is concerned, well, almost everyone — from global leaders to governments to teachers to unions to non-profit organisations due to t...

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” — Abraham Lincoln Like many of you, I watched with interest the press conference of January 17, when Ewart Brown, the former premier, outlined his griev...