Category Archives: Education

When will they learn?

Posted on August 15, 2022 by weblogbahamas

Dear Editor, There has been an alarming uptick in murders over the past couple of months and as always there are voices giving causes and solutions and the political voices are nor least among them. One side seems content to … Continue reading →

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Why use of the term ‘real world’ in Higher Education must stop!

Posted on May 17, 2022 by weblogbahamas

    The Misnomer created by the hackneyed term "the real world"       There is a stubborn vocabulary of hackneyed terms and phrases that assaults our ears on a regular basis in Higher Education. I have witnessed a reckless abuse of such terms in HE … Continue reading →

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Does speed kill?

Posted on December 27, 2021 by weblogbahamas

Dear Mr. Editor, I regret to say I have watched Officer Crestanea Johnson, of the Bahamas Police Force, give her little speech on speeding once too often. Officer Johnson, speed in and of itself can neither cause accidents nor kill … Continue reading →

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History in Black and White

Posted on October 31, 2021 by weblogbahamas

"With the volume Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers, the incomparable academic, community leader, and social entrepreneur Dr. Robert Woodson announces the founding of his latest initiative, “1776 Unites.” Woodson describes this initiative as … Continue reading →

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John Woolman: The Conscientious Quaker Who Paved the Way for the Abolitionist Movement

Posted on October 23, 2021 by weblogbahamas

Image Credit: Public Domain (via Wiki Commons) Abolitionist Quaker John Woolman changed the way people saw slavery. Today marks the 300th anniversary of his birth. Today—October 19, 2020—marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Woolman, a humanitarian who … Continue reading →

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The Roots of Progress

Posted on July 17, 2021 by weblogbahamas

The story of human progress—and how we can keep it going I stumbled across this interesting blog recently. Take a look here…The Roots of Progress You might also find this article of interest…Why I'm a proud solutionist Enjoy!

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Why demonise anti-vaxers and Florida?

Posted on June 26, 2021 by weblogbahamas

In his Thursday, June 24, 2021 column Front Porch, Simon says: "There is a disturbing moral selfishness by those who refuse to be vaccinated, who contract the virus overseas, mostly in south Florida, then return to The Bahamas, potentially spreading … Continue reading →

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A Student’s Essay That Changed The World

Posted on February 21, 2021 by weblogbahamas

by Lawrence W. Reed “…No man can rightly lay claim, moral or otherwise, to owning another…” A-Students-Essay-That-Changed-The-World (pdf)   From The Nassau Institute…   More from Lawrence W. Reed here…

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Economics 101 from the IEA with Dr. Steve Davies

Posted on February 7, 2021 by weblogbahamas

The Institute of Economic Affairs, an influential British Think Tank, has provided and excellent series of videos on Economics with Dr. Steve Davies. Here's their introduction to the videos: "The first in a two-part series, providing 33 films in total, … Continue reading →

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Violent rhetoric and disregard for political norms. The beginning of the end?

Posted on December 19, 2020 by weblogbahamas

What caused the fall of Rome? A friend sent this link… to a Smithsonian article by Jason Daly entitled: Lessons in the Decline of Democracy From the Ruined Roman Republic. Daly informs us that Rome fell, in a  nutshell, because … Continue reading →

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