Monthly Archives: May 2008

What will it take to lift the politics of The Bahamas out of the gutter?

by Ian Mabon First published in The Tribune Letters Column, on Thursday, May 22, 2008 and reprinted here with the kind permission of the author. Opposition has reverted to true form of ghetto politics. I read with utter disbelief your … Continue reading

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The Problem Is Politics

P.J. O’Rourke is one of my favourite writer’s. He is “America’s leading political satirist and an H.L. Mencken research fellow at the Cato Institute”, and his recent presentation, The Problem Is Politics is worth a read. Here’s a snippet: Well, … Continue reading

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The Public /Private sector partnership Theme in The Bahamas.

What I find interesting about the emergence of this theme, is where it is coming from, and what it truly suggests, but that is not vocally stated, acknowledged or discussed. I believe, in order to understand it for its true … Continue reading

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Zhivargo Laing speaks on The Bahamas’ Trade Regime at Bahamas Chamber of Commerce AGM

Mr. Zhivargo Laing MP, Minister of State for Finance spoke at the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting at the British Colonial Hilton yesterday on The Bahamas Trade Regime. Besides the usual political stuff like “The Bahamas is the … Continue reading

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The Fear of Crime in Nassau, The Bahamas is Palpable.

Following on from yesterday’s post the fear of crime here in Nassau is palpable and is the lead topic on the lips of most people you talk to. The first response from most people is that our politicians have to … Continue reading

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Lessons in Liberty: A Corrupt Profession

We are delighted to present Lessons in Freedom, essays by Dr. Tibor Machan, for your pleasure. Dr. Machan holds the R. C. Hoiles Chair in Business Ethics & Free Enterprise at Chapman University’s Argyros School of B&E and is a … Continue reading

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What the heck is going on Bahamas? Crime is out of control.

After returning from a few days away on business, the newspapers are filled with what was a week of mayhem. Stories of murder, attempted murder, robbery, police beatings, rumours of statutory rape and other crimes steal the headlines. Shocking to … Continue reading

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Patty Griffin – Song of the week – May 19, 2008 – Heavenly Day

Fast becoming one of my favourite female singer/songwriters I really enjoy Heavenly Day, a song she says is her first love song, from Live From Artists Den. http://www.weblogbahamas.com/HeavenlyDay.mp3 Please visit her web site here… and buy one of her numerous … Continue reading

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Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

On a recent trip to Florida we visited the northern most region of the Florida Everglades and I can honestly say I have never seen so may different birds and species in one place wit the felling that you can … Continue reading

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The Bahamas and food security

Over the past couple of weeks there has been an interesting exchange of comments at this post… by Adrian Gibson on rising food prices and what we can do about them. The article blames the big white bogeyman, a favourite … Continue reading

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