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A little more Marxism . . .
One of the comments left on the online version of my response to Mr Stewart’s extraordinary attack on May Day and Marx responded to my side comment that I think “our unions could benefit from a little Marxism”.
The comme...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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Jonathan Starling
The writer Ross applied Darwin’s theory of evolution to technological change when he said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one who is more adaptable to change”.
There will be no stopping these...
DATE: May 22, 2015
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Sir John Swan
Dear Sir,
There has to be a logical reason why Ewing Street looks all insanely brick nowadays. Is it:
1) To irritate the local residents living in the peachy coloured apartments near the blue church, the yellow apartments at the top of the hill, and ...
DATE: May 19, 2015
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Long gone are the days when people imprisoned for breaking the law served their time and nothing but their time.
Belief in the ability of people to better themselves, to turn a new leaf towards rehabilitation and redemption, underlines today’s approa...
DATE: May 18, 2015
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There is no existential difference between monotheism and secular humanism. They are two sides of the same coin, minted in the myth of “Progress”.
One side believes in moral codes written in stone and enforced by the followers of a jealous god.
The o...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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There they are again on the front pages, that trio of political bad news bearers, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert, Rev Nicholas Tweed and Bermuda Public Services Union president Jason Hayward.
How many times have we seen these Progre...
DATE: May 15, 2015
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The recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing on the Auditor General’s report on the Port Royal Golf Course provides an instructive example of why Government is faced with an unprecedented financial crisis, has operated annual deficits since 200...
DATE: May 14, 2015
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At the Bermuda Tourism Authority, we listen very closely to our stakeholders, including those in the Legislature who tend to have bigger megaphones than most. We believe strongly that active listening is a pillar of collaboration. We do it every day;...
DATE: May 12, 2015
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There was a fair bit of discussion a couple of months ago, largely emanating from the Bermuda Tourism Authority and its CEO, Bill Hanbury, about the need for Bermuda to differentiate itself from the Caribbean in terms of how it brands itself from a m...
DATE: May 09, 2015
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It was with some degree of amusement that I read Mr Stewart’s rather astonishing attack on Karl Marx (May 6, RG), in an attempt to criticise the BIU celebrating International Workers Day. I say astonishing both for its inaccuracies and the rather biz...
DATE: May 08, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Starling
