LARRY BURCHALL
Bermuda is dealing in misery for financial gain
Dubya Bush - "may he always duck flying shoes" - made a huge mistake in grabbing people from all four corners and six continents and jamming them into the American concentration camp at Guantanamo in Cuba.
PART I OF II
Embrace the Uighurs, reject the Premier's MO
The handling of the four unfortunates raises issues and settles matters. I know where I stand, and why I stand there.
PART II OF II
The people's choice - Brown or Bermuda?
A premier is simply another member of parliament. Like all MP's, he is elected to represent his small band of constituents. As premier, though, he represents all of the people of Bermuda.
The terrific orator who flamed out
Some people live life like an ant, forever scurrying and preparing and working. Others soar like eagles and leave their inscriptions on peaks of human experiences. Still others live the regular lives of birds and animals who migrate south, then north, then south again in a never-ending cycle of predictability.
Premier's deceit means Bermuda is not in safe hands
Matters of trust, honesty and integrity have come to the fore on both national and individual levels over the past 12 weeks.
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Driving can be a deadly game of roulette
Curious about road deaths in Bermuda, I went back almost 40 years, to 1970 and I saw something that puzzled me.
Defections part of the UBP's long death stagger
In 2007, I wrote - and not for the first time - that the UBP needed to die and be replaced by a new entity.
Public/private sector pay gap is key
Is there a pay disparity. Sure. It does exist, and race is a factor, but not quite the way that some in the media have grabbed and run with. I'll give you some plain facts - with each fact supported by real numbers and real events.
How the taxpayers are supporting $36M in waste
Government's financial people - and everyone else - knows that things are tight now, and will likely get tighter next year. Government is looking to do two things. Get more tax revenue - from somewhere. Cut costs - somehow.
Music festival pleases some locals but fails to lure visitors
We've just had our fourteenth Bermuda Music Festival. By now, we should know if they are successful, and if there are specific pointers to success or clear indicators of failure. I believe that indicators do exist, and that it is time that Bermuda paid them some attention.
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SHOOTINGS/CONTEXT
Shootings are all too common here
Gun violence is no longer massively major news but a regular occurrence.
SPECIAL REPORT
A deadly underclass has emerged in black Bermuda
Another weekend shooting. Another black man killed.
Economy needs air tourists not low-spending cruisers
In January 2010 Bermuda will have two Fairmonts and Grotto Bay. The island will have the same number of major hotels it had 100 years ago, when Mark Twain was visiting.
POLITICS: REPORT CARD ON THE PREMIER
Reality check: Ewart Brown's stormy premiership
Swaddled in hopes and swathed in dreams, he returned. Dr. Ewart Brown had long lived outside Bermuda and had built up a successful medical practice. He was known to be an intelligent and well-educated man.
POLITICS: WHO’LL SUCCEED DR. EWART BROWN?
The pros and cons of the premiers-in-waiting
When storming the ramparts and fighting in the streets, idealism is essential. When the fighting stops and rebuilding begins, practical, everyday management skills are required.
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