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Dwayne Robinson
The first step towards solving a problem is to admit that there is a problem. That is the attitude we should take with our economy because far too often issues are glossed over by propaganda, doublespeak and deception.
We have seen ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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Conflict between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren is a story that has been waiting to happen. What no one expected is that their first clash of the 2020 Democratic presidential race would come over issues of gender, class and electability.
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DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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It is welcome news that the Attorney-General, responding to last year’s stinging criticism by Bermuda’s Court of Appeal, has finally appointed a panel of litigation guardians.
However, it is astounding that the AG first refused to release the names o...
DATE: Jan 15, 2020
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Scott Pearman
The Reverend Martin Luther King’s 91st birthday today offers an opportunity to reflect on his intrinsic qualities. Dr King asked us to ignore surface matters but instead to consider the content of one’s character.
This year marks the 65th anniversary...
DATE: Jan 15, 2020
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Glenn Fubler
It has been a long time since I trusted the Academy Awards to determine the best movies and performances from the previous year. But for all their considerable limitations, the 2020 Oscar nominations released yesterday do have a fair amount to say ab...
DATE: Jan 14, 2020
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During this dawning of a new and crucial decade, we are reminded of the above slogan. Just after midnight of New Year’s Eve, a dozen or so residents gathered in a small park at the crossroads of Dundonald Street and Court Street in Hamilton, spending...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Anyone else tired of the perpetually petulant Donald Trump blaming former President Barack Obama for, well, everything?
Boo-hoo, the air conditioning makes the White House too cold. Waaa, it’s unlawful for Turkey to buy US fighter jets because it pur...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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If you knew nothing of the man who showed up to a New York courthouse on Monday — if you didn’t realise that dozens of women had accused him of assault, if you hadn’t read their nauseating accounts — then you might have assumed he was there to disput...
DATE: Jan 09, 2020
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Like nearly all Americans of a certain age, I was told in school that tobacco, alcohol and marijuana are gateway drugs — and that is why marijuana should remain illegal.
First of all, even if you accept that these three substances are “gateways” to ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2020
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The recently released gross domestic product report highlighted that for the second consecutive year Bermuda has had positive economic performance. Additionally, the GDP for the first and second quarters of 2019 also trended in a positive direction. ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2020
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Jason Hayward
