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To liberal Democrats and a few Republicans: get over it. Donald J. Trump will become president of the United States this week. Accept it. As unsettling as the prospect may be, it’s better to go in open-eyed, recognising realities and dispelling myths...

The eloquence of US President Barack Obama continued to flow in his “farewell speech” on Tuesday in Chicago. While it was aimed at his fellow Americans, its message contained a universal theme, applicable to global citizens. He reminded the audience ...

Welcome to the period of “institutional flip-flops” — sudden abandonment of seemingly firm institutional principles, prompted by just one thing: the political party of the current president. A few months ago, many Republicans were enamoured with an e...

Ivanka Trump, I’m happy to report, is moving into a house a few blocks from mine in the Kalorama section of Washington, ending the Washington parlour game over where she, her husband Jared Kushner, and their three children would settle. Score a loss...

What was largely left unsaid during the recently concluded Presidential election campaign that saw the election of Donald J. Trump, was that trade treaties and their impact was not the whole picture when it came to the issue of the decline of well-pa...

An open Letter to Jason Hayward Dear Jason, Let me offer this invitation, given the statement you made last week, regarding “civil war”, and the subsequent criticism of same. If I’ve understood you correctly, might I suggest that you use the term “r...

Today the Bermuda Tourism Authority welcomes a new chief executive officer. And as the organisation’s board chairman, I’m proud to report the leadership transition has gone very smoothly. The BTA is well positioned to continue its momentum of success...

In the 1970s as a 20-something, Wilfred “Mose” Allen became a mentor of mine. Mose, also known as “Scrapo”, had been a champion of social justice. While he had limited formal schooling, he was well-read, a paragon of “lifelong learning”. Notwithstan...

The new year is likely to usher in a year of monumental change in the West, including Bermuda and the world at large; and not all will be of the feel good, cuddly variety. How could it be with Donald J. Trump set to assume the office of president of ...

Mainline Protestant churches are in trouble: a 2015 report by the Pew Research Centre found that these congregations, once a mainstay of American religion, are now shrinking by about one million members annually. Fewer members not only means fewer so...