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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Kevin Bales – Modern Slavery and the Environment
idea city is fast becoming a favorite site of mine. Presented by Moses Znaimer each June, "Over the course of its 15-year history, the annual ideacity conference has more than earned its reputation as ‘Canada’s Premier Meeting of the Minds’. … Continue reading
Lessons in Freedom: The Trump Idiocy
by Tibor R. Machan* So Donald Trump wants to keep "cheap" (foreign made) goods and services from reaching Americans! But the rub is that when barriers to trade are established, such as tariffs or quotas, folks are deprived of the … Continue reading
Honesty In Fighting Corruption
by Adrian Gibson Corruption is rife in the Bahamas. Today, there is a general lack of transparency, fair play and accountability in governance. When one considers the statements on corruption by Minister of State for Legal Affairs Damien Gomez, I … Continue reading
Unbalanced Budgeting
"The Budget Communication carefully uses a definition of 'deficit" that gives the appearance of fiscal stability. This is more than semantics since this definition, as shown in this Review, provides for the continued growth in the national debt…even if the … Continue reading
Does the BIA really support the goal of universal health care?
The Bahamas Insurance Association keeps asserting that it supports the idea of universal health care while suggesting that what the government, on the advice and implementation by Sanigest Internacional, is doing is not a good idea. Based on what I've … Continue reading
How to improve education
by Adrian Gibson A revolutionary approach must be taken to improving the educational system and ensuring that at least 90 per cent of all school leavers graduate with diplomas. As I have said before, in curbing school failure/dropouts, the MOE … Continue reading
Kicking the can
In a conversation last week the subject of infrastructure (a road) in remote family islands it was suggested this is the responsibility of the government. When considering the expenditure, a cost benefit analysis is vital. Can/will the infrastructure be paid … Continue reading
When the Government health system isn’t working, what do they want to do?
Cartoon: Russmo.com “We want to avoid this two-tier system of the rich getting access to this, while nobody whose poor does,” James Cercone, Sanigest Internacional The quote above from this interview of Mr. Cercone by Tribune Business is revealing indeed. … Continue reading
World Poverty: Can We End Poverty Overnight? – Learn Liberty
"Americans make up around four percent of the world population and yet they control over 25% of the world's wealth. If that wealth were shared evenly across the globe, couldn't we solve the problem of global poverty overnight?" Watch the … Continue reading
Back To School . . . Back To The Drawing Board?
by Adrian Gibson It is high time that we recognise that The Bahamas’ school system is antediluvian and in desperate need of restructuring. We must focus on entirely revamping our almost defunct educational system. Once again, after another year of … Continue reading
