277 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Opinion Writer"
The topic of discussion this week is the United States Supreme Court opinion rendered on February 21, 2012 in the matter of Kawashima v Holder. The Supreme Court affirmed a Ninth Circuit decision that held that a couple's convictions for making a fal...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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Martha Harris Myron
This time last year I was in parenting hell. At just six months old, little Belle had a nasty case of gastroenteritis. From 10pm till five in the morning, my littlest threw up every 45 minutes. As I had chosen that day to introduce her to carrots, no...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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Catherine Burns
Democracy should never become ambiguous, where those in authority take it upon themselves, for whatever reason, to determine what is best for the people, without their full input. Such an attitude, like it or not, carries more than a hint of dictator...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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Al Seymour
Right, so in spite of everything or perhaps because of everything in your career, you have arrived at a retirement decision. Make that semi-retire, because if you are like many close-to-retirees interviewed recently, you are not confident that your p...
DATE: Jan 28, 2012
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Martha Harris Myron
In its tardily submitted paper to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office the One Bermuda Alliance articulated its strategy for deciding the independence question. Central to their submission is:
(1) The modality any decision on Independence should t...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
Americans’ cherished holiday of Thanksgiving is almost four centuries old. It began in 1621 after European immigrants, having arrived the year before in what they called “the New World” in their search for religious freedom, gathered together with th...
DATE: Nov 24, 2011
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Happy Remembrance Day weekend Bermuda! It is right and a good thing to honour every person who has served in wars throughout the history of mankind as well as those who have lost their lives fighting wars. Bermuda has its own extensive list of war ve...
DATE: Nov 12, 2011
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DJLT
This is the full text of the Speech from the Throne delivered by Governor Sir Richard Gozney yesterday.
Madam President and Members of the Senate,
Mr. Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly,
Bermuda today is facing historic challenges. The G...
DATE: Nov 05, 2011
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The Greeks considered ethics a moral philosophy employing right and wrong, good and evil, and responsibility for one's actions. Roget's thesaurus defines ethics as goals, morals, principles, standards, and values.
Individually, we develop a personal...
DATE: Jul 09, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Each year at this time we celebrate the birth of the United States and recall the vision of our Founding Fathers who sought to create a vibrant and enduring democracy rooted in inalienable rights for all. We look back with respect and awe at their fo...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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