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When introducing his Bill to remove Human Rights Act protections from immigration laws, Walton Brown said that it is normal in other countries, such as Britain, that anti-discrimination laws do not apply to immigration. He is completely wrong.
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DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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The United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the Justice Department’s appeal in Microsoft Corp v United States yesterday. The question before the court: are search warrants issued by American courts valid abroad?
In 2013, Microsoft refused to turn ...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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Send a spy to spread rumours on the other side of the front line. Drop leaflets into enemy territory. Debilitate the enemy using its own people, in their own language — Lord Haw-Haw, Tokyo Rose — over their own radios. The tactics of demoralisation a...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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It matters little whether the country is large or small — a key element in the strength of its social infrastructure will always depend on what values are passed on to each generation to ensure continuity for a society committed to common principles ...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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Al Seymour
Canadians like to brag about the shortness of their prime ministerial elections in contrast to the agonisingly long presidential contests of the United States — a bit of self-flattery that is true only in the narrowest sense.
According to campaign la...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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Bermuda has materially changed and the differences that have occurred within just a couple of generations are staggering and are yet to be fully appreciated. I have a Wall Street friend who remembers as an outsider trying to get in and penetrate the ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2017
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Khalid Wasi
The National Football League may yet back down from its reported plan to require players to stand for the national anthem, and certainly the sports media are apoplectic. My view is different: I’m glad the league seems to be on the verge of pressing t...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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At times we find ourselves looking for a way forward out of any given set of challenges. Far too often we seek to reinvent the wheel when many of the solutions lie in our not too distant past.
Bermudians have historically come from diverse background...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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The House of Representatives voted last week to ban abortions of foetuses that have passed 20 weeks of gestation, sending to the Senate a Bill purportedly about protecting foetuses capable of feeling pain.
Among the reasons for scepticism: the Ameri...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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The Washington Post
Did we learn anything from the Ritz-Carlton/Golden Hind fiasco a couple of decades ago? For those who need a reminder, the proposed Ritz-Carlton hotel development was essentially a done deal: the land was acquired, the funds were in hand and everythi...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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Khalid Wasi
