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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Camel – Song of the week – May 31, 2010 – Hymn To Her
Rick Lowe I think I’ve admitted before that I grew up a huge fan of what was known as progressive rock. Pink Floyd of course, Genesis, and Barclay James Harvest to name a few. And there’s a also another British … Continue reading
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Lessons in Freedom: Education: Philosophical versus Political Correctness
Tibor R. Machan You will know what I am after here when I tell you how much I dislike it when people talk of "her majesty" or "his highness" as they talk of various pretenders to heads of countries around … Continue reading
The Education Cartel – The scale might be different, but the issues are the same here in The Bahamas
Why don't our leaders get it? It's our children we're failing.
Economic Lessons for The Bahamas?
Rick Lowe I had the pleasure to meet Professor Emmett at a colloquium at The Liberty Fund last year. He is a most engaging gentleman. Hope you enjoy his presentation for TEDx and that of his colleague Professor Ritchie. Ross … Continue reading
Biting back. Some ideas for attaining fiscal responsibility in The Bahamas
Rick Lowe Yesterday I asked for ideas on what our readers would do to help sort the country’s economic woes out. These were my two quick ones: 1. Set limits on tax levels as a percentage of GDP, possibly even … Continue reading
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Reality bites us all at budget time in The Bahamas
Rick Lowe Not to repeat myself, but… We all know successive governments have been fiscally irresponsible for decades. 43 years of budget deficits and profligate spending and borrowing as if tomorrow would never come. Well guess what? Tomorrow if here!!! … Continue reading
Lessons in Freedom: Who is Free to Discriminate?
Tibor R. Machan Everyone who is awake discriminates—it is what people do with their minds, it’s the way they know the world, more or less well. The kind of discrimination that’s objectionable is when people use irrelevant attributes of others … Continue reading
Why can’t we police the illegal numbers business in The Bahamas?
by Jerome Pinder In a recent Guardian article entitled "PM to make gambling statement," it is stated that our Prime Minister is distressed and discomforted by our inability to police our laws in the Bahamas with respect to the numbers … Continue reading
Bahamas Government to present 2010 – 2011 budget today
Rick Lowe Well today is the day we've been waiting for. Or is it? According to the newspaper yesterday, the Prime Minister has hinted at some austerity measures or belt tightening, but, on top of that we're told additional taxes … Continue reading
Lessons in Freedom: Dealing with Racists in a Free Market
Tibor R. Machan Finally, with the Rand Paul furor, we have an issue in politics worthy of sustained, serious attention–How should people who act badly be dealt with? More particularly how should people who discriminate based on irrelevancies such as … Continue reading
