Category Archives: Politics/Government

Roger Scruton’s Humane Confessions & The Limits of Equity

The October 14, 2021 Law & Liberty e-newsletter was packed with great reading, starting with an essay about Justice Clarence Thomas and ending with a book review about Wokeism. Stuck in the middle were two informative pieces. One was about … Continue reading

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

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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What Goes Wrong When the Government Mandates Prices

Featured Scholars: Russ Roberts, Richard Epstein, Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, Lee Ohanian, John Cochrane, Daniel Heil   "Prices are a fact of life, and so is complaining about them. You probably prefer lower prices on just about everything, but especially when … Continue reading

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A New Government

Dear Editor, The Elections have come and gone and the different waves have settled and many are still scratching their heads, puzzled as to what transpired. I try to have an answer for every occasion and the best thing I … Continue reading

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Bahamas Election September 16, 2021

Dear Editor, We are in that season again when all and sundry take leave of their senses  and escape into a land of fantasy, where for a paltry sum of $400.00 well meaning individuals get the opportunity of taking a … Continue reading

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The Unsavory Union of Corruption and Hypocrisy – Meet the new Poster Boy

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean”. Matthews 23, v.27 A union of corruption … Continue reading

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Garbage on our streets

Sir, Would someone, anyone, please tell us who are the cretins, one in the FNM the other in the PLP, who approved the obscene amounts of money wasted  buying and installing those hideously ugly signs that are now disfiguring our … Continue reading

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Government and the Cost of Living

by Ryan Bourne Read the original post at CATO.org here,,, "This paper sets out nine policy areas across all levels of government that, combined, directly raise spending for typical households in the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution by … Continue reading

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Why demonise anti-vaxers and Florida?

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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Joe and Janet, Robber Barons

Yes, unbelievable as it may be to small children, governments and double standards go together like peanut butter and jelly. by Lawrence W. Reed This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Imagine if oil companies got … Continue reading

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