Monthly Archives: June 2009

Dumbfounded by Mr. Brave Davis in The Bahamas

by Rick Lowe (http:/www.weblogbahamas.com) Sometime back I watched Mr. Davis, MP for Cat Island make his contribution to Parliament on a Bill before the House. He was excellent. No hyperbole and lots of reasoned arguments. Now we fast forward to … Continue reading

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Lessons in Freedom: The Nonsense of “A new world order”

by Tibor R. Machan (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) It is only in the last 400 years or so that the classical liberal idea of a relatively free economy has caught on here and there, and even then mainly in the rhetoric of various, … Continue reading

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JJ Grey & Mofro – Song of the week – June 29, 2009 – Orange Blossoms

by Rick Lowe (http:/www.weblogbahamas.com) Back in December when I posted this blog someone by the name of "fpo" posted a comment to suggest that I might like JJ Grey and Mofro. Well I finally got the CD and he is … Continue reading

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Cato’s Letter: Jeffrey Miron – In defense of doing nothing

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)  Jeffrey Miron, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute  and director of undergraduate studies in the department of econmics at Harvard University get's it right. At least from my point of view. "The stimulus was not about … Continue reading

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Going green in The Bahamas?

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) Enough talk about going green in The Bahamas, I've got a proposal for the Government. Buy $1.5 million of Fluorescent light bulbs from me to distribute to the poor.

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It’s time to save The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC)

by Garth Buckner (http:/www.weblogbahamas.com) The following piece, first published in The Tribune, Letters, is reprinted here with the kind permission of the author. Once again the news comes out that BEC is failing, that it spends more than it earns, … Continue reading

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The Bahamas and “the middle road between the extremes of capitalism and socialism” – another response to Avid Reader

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) Thanks to Avid Reader for having written again to suggest there are benefits to "the middle road between the extremes of capitalism and socialism" telling us that he or she seeks that "elusive Utopia where capitalism … Continue reading

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Lesson’s in Freedom: One’s Right to be Wrong

by Tibor R. Machan (http://www.weblogbahamas.com) In a recent demonstration outside the Earl Warren Bldg in San Francisco someone was waiving around a sign that read: "A moral wrong can't be a civil right." Well, in fact it can! A simple … Continue reading

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Seeking the middle road between the extremes of capitalism and socialism in The Bahamas

by Rick Lowe ( http://www.weblogbahamas.com ) Avid Reader has responded to my response. Download his or her Letter to The Editor (PDF) here… I'm working on another response. This is fun actually.

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Tough Call aka Larry Smith on “What the Economic Crisis Holds in Store” for The Bahamas and the world

by Rick Lowe ( http://www.weblogbahamas.com ) Tough Call by Larry Smith, is always good. Well researched and readable. Whether I agree with him or not. This week he tries hard to refute Dr. Robert Murphy's take on the US economy … Continue reading

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