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After months of feigned neutrality, two leading Bermudian insurance companies, Argus and BF&M, have finally taken a predictable, self-serving stance in the present healthcare debate. They have come out in support of the Bermuda Health Council’s deepl...
DATE: Nov 28, 2016
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One of the most brutal dictators in modern history has died. Oddly enough, some will mourn his passing, and many an obituary will praise him. Millions of Cubans who have been waiting impatiently for this moment for more than half a century will simpl...
DATE: Nov 28, 2016
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“The Theatre must always be a safe and special place,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted after the audience and cast of Hamilton confronted Vice-President-elect Mike Pence after a performance last week.
Opinions may differ about the propriety of t...
DATE: Nov 26, 2016
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The story suggests that the “seeds” of Thanksgiving Day took root in 1621, after the first corn harvest, by a group of settlers in America.
Like all narratives, this one contains a measure of irony, in the dance of good and evil. The interlopers, awa...
DATE: Nov 24, 2016
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Blind faith in any technology can be dangerous, especially when it comes to areas of forensic science such as DNA fingerprinting. For example, if police have “DNA evidence” against a suspect, most juries will assume that is proof of guilt. But while ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2016
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Faye Flam
Nothing defines a government more than they way it interprets the role and access to its courts. We got a great lesson on this point in the US elections where the Republicans have refused to ratify a Supreme Court justice proposed by President Barack...
DATE: Nov 23, 2016
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Khalid Wasi
Many, many years ago, a math professor often repeated a French term, which means “I am doctoring my own ignorance”. True to those words, life has been a journey of unmasking my own ignorance, sometimes referred to as naivety.
For example, I thought e...
DATE: Nov 22, 2016
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Khalid Wasi
Hey, Democrats, want help to rally the country around Donald Trump? Here is a great idea: have a crowd of wealthy, out-of-touch Manhattan liberals, who can afford $849 tickets to Hamilton, boo Vice-President-elect Mike Pence while the cast of the Bro...
DATE: Nov 22, 2016
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Come January 20, President-elect Donald Trump will start carrying out his agenda. How does he expect to turn his promises into policy? Do his plans make sense? If not, what should he do? Finally, given the political realities of Washington, what is m...
DATE: Nov 21, 2016
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While most Bermudians are aware of the disproportionately high prevalence of diabetes throughout the population, very few understand that there is an equally ominous infectious disease that affects even more people.
Periodontitis, or gum disease, is ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2016
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