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Watching a documentary on Nigeria recently was a reminder of the bound-up potential that exists in many African countries. It’s not the resources that are lacking or the ambition and resourcefulness of the people, because they are highly motivated fo...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush are preparing to hit the road this week, promoting the launch of their new book, Sisters First. The book’s early press, and even its slim content, deliver a soft-focus homage to their father. George W. Bush’s star is...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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Unless you are someone who thinks beheading people is an appropriate way to advance a repressive political cause, the imminent demise of the Islamic State is welcome news. But we should be wary of a premature “Mission Accomplished” moment and be judi...
DATE: Oct 25, 2017
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The Iranian nuclear agreement. Unratified but support for which was not fully withdrawn. But yet it remains not supported. Confusion abounds over a nuclear arms non-proliferation agreement that is filled with misunderstanding; in particular when the ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2017
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A journalist died this week in a small country, not so very much larger than ours; murdered by a car bomb for telling the truth — according to her grieving family.
What is truth?
Is it those mundane facts of consequences that are embedded in law, su...
DATE: Oct 23, 2017
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Today and tomorrow, the Bahá’ís of Bermuda will join Bahá’ís all over the world in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the faith, Bahá’u’lláh.
The Bahá’í Faith was brought to Bermuda in February 1948 and it is hoped that,...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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The proposed redress of the Human Rights Act so that it loses primacy over the immigration Act as proposed by Minister of Home Affairs Walton Brown stirred a little firestorm of criticism from activists who fear the legislation is a step to weaken th...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Albert Nicholl the philanthropist, aside from formerly being engaged in deep military service, lived an eclectic life but would be better known and remembered more in Bermuda for his generosity.
Some of the beneficiaries of his generosity were the f...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Smoke is not weather. Let me tell you why I have said this. Weather is something you can do very little to prevent; you can only prepare for it and warn people about it and buy protective gear. Smoke happens when someone decides to light a fire.
I am...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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More than three dozen women have now alleged that Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them. It has been little more than a week since The New York Times and The New Yorker broke the story, and Weinstein’s world has collaps...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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