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It is now more than a month since the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi — and I am starting to have an appalling suspicion.
I don’t have any doubt about what happened: the plot to lure him to the Saudi consulate; the savage attack by hea...
DATE: Nov 09, 2018
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A performance artist at heart, Donald Trump successfully made the midterm elections all about himself, sprinting across eight states in six days and presiding over a series of 11 rallies that played to his core themes for a violent and anxious politi...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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In 2006, civil rights activist Tarana Burke, now 45, founded what would become the #MeToo movement to support survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of colour from low-wealth communities. Burke was among the men and women named Time P...
DATE: Nov 07, 2018
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The average age of populations in most industrialised countries is increasing.
Consequently, the topic of pensions is of increasing interest to more and more of the voting public. But for many governments, Bermuda’s included, the pension issue has be...
DATE: Nov 07, 2018
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The vast majority of our attention in this election has focused on the races for House and Senate, but there may be equally dramatic changes in store at the state level. If you’ve heard anything at all about a governor’s race, chances are it had to d...
DATE: Nov 06, 2018
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Paul Waldman
I am curious and concerned upon learning of the Cabinet shuffle by David Burt, the second in 16 months after the election last year.
In addition, it must be noted that the Premier was misleading in his comments when he went to great lengths to emphas...
DATE: Nov 06, 2018
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Michael Dunkley
How many jobs are vulnerable to automation? Plenty of people ask that question, and plenty of people try to give numerical answers.
A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said that about 46 per cent of jobs have ...
DATE: Nov 05, 2018
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What’s so scary about climate change? The term is not scary — at least not in a visceral, skin-crawling sense. Scientists have shown that the likely two degrees of global warming to come this century will be extremely dangerous, but, you know, “two d...
DATE: Nov 05, 2018
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Faye Flam
Many argue that Bermuda has a “diverse culture”, but they are mistaken in their observation. A culture is the combined ideas, customs and behaviour of one group of people. A “diverse culture”, then, is an oxymoron, and impossible.
The truth is that ...
DATE: Nov 05, 2018
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As the Government seeks to execute our agenda and deliver on the promises made to Bermudians, we must also remain vigilant against those who wish to spread misinformation, create disunity, or undermine that work.
With the Progressive Labour Party’s ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2018
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Dennis Lister III