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You might say a person is fundamentally healthy so long as you cannot yet say what will cause his death. Likewise, an economic recovery is healthy if it is not clear what will cause the next recession. By this standard, the recovery from the 2008 fin...

If the Minister of Education had listened to and fully engaged with our principals, teachers, parents and the Bermuda Union of Teachers in the first instance, the challenges we are seeing in education could have been avoided. All those stakeholders,...

If you’re a socially engaged consumer, the past year of pop culture may have left you despairing over how to spend your money ethically. Do you forswear Yeezys to protest Kanye West’s dalliance with President Donald Trump? Did you refuse to watch Cam...

“In human intercourse, the tragedy begins not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood” — Henry David Thoreau The greatest leadership challenge to our island in recent memory occurred in December 2018. Every sin...

My store is in the tiny cellar of a damp 18th-century house, which, for roaches and crickets, is the equivalent of a gorgeous ocean-view mansion. (Sidebar: crickets are just roaches that can do a round-off into your face so don’t be fooled by Disney’...

It’s that time of the year when a middle-aged person’s fancy turns to treadmills and diets. Scientific literature on excess weight and health is expanding along with global waistlines, and yet, it’s hard to find a solid, coherent scientific explanati...

Cryptocurrencies had a rough ride in 2018. As of January 7, 2018, the total market capitalisation of all cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinMarketCap.com came to more than $800 billion, its highest point ever. As I write this on January 3, 2019, that t...

The Bermuda Government needs to tell people what its plan is to address the potential effects of the Economic Substance Act. The Act, which was passed at eleventh hour owing to constantly moving goalposts by the European Union, is now in force. I co...

The recent industrial action reflects our school system’s breaking point — and brings to the fore the incontrovertible truth that the social needs of students have overtaken its capacity to cope. Studies have proven that classroom environments, incl...

After years of steadfast resistance, the French Government declared on November 23 that it would return 26 sculptures and other artefacts to the Republic of Benin, a nation in West Africa formerly colonised by France. This move, ordered directly by P...