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Last week I discussed the Bermuda Government’s Sugar Tax Consultation Paper, which at best could be described as pseudo-consultation. Based on the comments I have received, a further consideration of the issues arising from sugar tax seems appropriat...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018
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According to many of its critics, the Trump Administration represents the greatest challenge to American liberal democracy in decades. Trump regularly bemoans the independence of the Department of Justice, demonises the press for running critical or ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018
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There has been a lot of discussion recently about pensions. Trust me, there will be a lot more in the future. Most government pension systems are no more than a Ponzi scheme — a promise of money at a future time in exchange for payment today. You are...
DATE: Jan 22, 2018
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The United States Government is shutting down for the first time in more than four years, and Donald Trump has spent days trying to lay the blame on the Democrats.
On Friday he tweeted: “Not looking good for our great military or safety & security on...
DATE: Jan 22, 2018
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In the lead-up to next month’s 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, representatives of the two Koreas have suddenly resumed direct talks.
The North’s Kim Jong Un’s reclusive regime has elected to send a team to the games. South Korea, fo...
DATE: Jan 18, 2018
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The expression “Bermuda is another world” pops into my mind almost every day; I wish I could say for always good reasons. Sadly, I also think of the expression in a not so positive way as well. The latter was my initial feeling when I read the Sugar ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2018
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I am well aware that the headline is very provocative. I’m also aware that during our political challenges and debates, race is often shoved front and centre. As a black One Bermuda Alliance member, I dare to ask this question because I know that in ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2018
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Vic Ball
When I arrived in Bermuda in late 1983, Quinton Edness was Minister for Works and Housing. I had given one of my new Bermudian colleagues at The Royal Gazette a lift home and gratefully accepted an offer of a cup of tea in payment from her mom. And t...
DATE: Jan 13, 2018
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The summer before last, my family spent two weeks investigating Norway, and I can say with some certainty that we do not want more Norwegians coming to the United States.
For starters, they are just too darned good-looking. The middle-aged hostesses ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2018
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The Washington Post reports: “On Tuesday, [Stephen K.] Bannon announced that he was stepping down from Breitbart. It marked the final blow during a week in which he lost President [Donald] Trump as an ally, then his top financial backers in the Merce...
DATE: Jan 11, 2018
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Jennifer Rubin
