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Part of education is learning that rules and laws are made for good reasons and need to be adhered to, even if they do not have unanimous support. Education also involves teaching students, and apparently parents, that actions have consequences, and ...

A growth industry November 14, 2002 Dear Sir, I have just read what Mr. Santucci had to say about drugs and our society, and if we as a society were just starting down the road to drugs I might find myself lining up behind his fire and brimstone appr...

DPPhas his say November 18, 2002 Dear Sir, I write this letter primarily for the benefit of the general public so as to set the record straight. This morning ( Monday, 18th November, 2002) at 9.40 a.m. I received a voice mail message from Stephen Bre...

Part of education is learning that rules and laws are made for good reasons and need to be adhered to, even if they do not have unanimous support. Education also involves teaching, and apparently parents, that actions have consequences, and choosing ...

Tourism and Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb is unabashed about her desire to see more Bermudians, especially black Bermudians, get more ownership of the Island's businesses. There is nothing wrong with that. Innumerable surveys have shown that...

Women are on top November 4, 2002 Dear Sir, This weekend it came to my attention that persons are being approached to sign a petition proposing the outsting of the present leader of The Progressive Labour Party. Members of the community, particularly...

Thank you, Bermuda November 12, 2002 Dear Sir, My wife and I have visited Bermuda on vacations many times during the last twenty years, and have stayed at a number of different locations on those visits. This year we came for a visit with two other c...

Religion and politics November 8, 2002 Dear Sir, I must applaud Mr. Ashfield DeVent for his appeal to keep religion out of politics. If Mr. Bean and Mr. Santucci believe that there can "be no distinction" between church and state, then perhaps they s...

By-elections are generally used as barometers of different political parties' popularity and the efficiency of their electoral machines. They are far from perfect gauges: Local issues get in the way and enthusiasm and turnout is often low. That may b...

Being well adjusted, in the 21st Century, means taking some pretty odd things in your stride. Eggs are a health food one week, poison the next; India's cows have their very own Bill of Rights; it's against the law to stare at the mayor of Paris; Yass...