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Somewhere around the mid-1980s, I wrote an article along with nine other selected persons in The Bermudian magazine, which asked the question “Which way, Bermuda?”
It was supposed to be reviewed after 25 years, presumably to evaluate progress, or eve...
DATE: Jul 03, 2017
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Khalid Wasi
I have been thinking a lot about the lessons to be learnt from the America’s Cup. When it was first announced, I was lukewarm. My husband was beyond excited. He made scrapbooks about the race as a little boy and has been following it all his life.
He...
DATE: Jul 01, 2017
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I have a question: why was the thought of bringing cruise ships as floating hotels to supplement the need for hotel beds during the America’s Cup a brilliant idea, while in general we discriminate against the very thought of increased cruise visitors...
DATE: Jul 01, 2017
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Khalid Wasi
Who’s the best tennis player in the world? I couldn’t say. However, I’m pretty sure of one thing: it’s not Serena Williams.
John McEnroe has gotten himself in big trouble for saying pretty much exactly the same thing. In an interview with NPR, McEnro...
DATE: Jun 30, 2017
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The Pew Research Centre’s latest poll adds to the mound of evidence that there has been a sea change in public opinion about gay marriage:
By a margin of nearly two-to-one — 62 per cent to 32 per cent — more Americans now say they favour allowing gay...
DATE: Jun 28, 2017
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has now formally enlisted in the fight against Islamic State. It can begin by helping to stem the flow of refugees trying to reach Europe from North Africa.
This would be more than a humanitarian exercise; it wo...
DATE: Jun 28, 2017
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The 35th America’s Cup is over. As I drove my bike down Front Street this morning and saw the larger-than-life Bermudian flag waving, I couldn’t help but have a tremendous sense of pride for what we as Bermudians have accomplished over the past sever...
DATE: Jun 28, 2017
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French historian, politician and abolitionist Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in the 1830s: “There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.”
It could be argued that this statement is not only timeless but ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2017
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Cheryl Pooley
Bermuda is a society historically built on economic violence committed during 137 years of segregation. A society that not only threatened economic consequences to those that spoke out against oppression, but carried out those threats by pulling mort...
DATE: Jun 27, 2017
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Dear Sir,
I hate it when my team loses. I get over-involved, take it personally and, what’s worse, is that this year I have spent nearly the solid month of June dressed like I was right out of a marine catalogue.
I was almost thrilled one day when I ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2017
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