OPINION
PART III OF III
Ways that firms can be proactive on racial equality
In the first two parts of this series, published on March 25 and April 1, I wrote about why it is that white people and people of colour have different perspectives about the current status of race relations and why diversity training is only the first step in the process …
Strain of recession is prising couples apart
While the news is saturated with information on job losses and pyramid schemes, political rhetoric surrounding so-called tax havens, and cutting coupons, there's one arena of the credit crunch that is being avoided: its impact on relationships.
BDA is cruising toward a bright future
If you have not visited the new Dockyard you must make plans to do so. Go this weekend if you have the time.
The sly tactics of Bermuda's Fox News
Like Fox News in the United States and The Sun in Great Britain, Bermuda's Royal Gazette and Mid-Ocean News are less newsgathering organizations and more proponents of a particular point of view.
Better parenting, stress relief and conflict resolution would help
The upwelling of violence this past weekend prompts us all to think about solutions. In my view there are three key components which, if addressed, would make a huge difference in our drug, violence and other crime problems.
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Knee-jerk responses won't work: it takes time to tackle root causes of gun violence
There is, of course, an almost irresistible urge to jump up and do something.
Today is environment day
Today, June 5, is World Environment Day, a day set aside by the United Nations to create international awareness of the environment and to encourage political attention and action.
The Bermudian mouse nibbled the tail of the old British lion
Great Britain was not amused.
Secrecy, demanded by the Americans, was vital
The Bermuda Government's decision to take in Four Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity was a bold humanitarian gesture that I hope all residents will come to embrace.
Premier's slippery stunts take us downhill all the way
We didn't know before, but we know now. Dr Ewart Brown is an excellent skier. That was a long hip-twisting ankle-turning slalom run from June 11-20. It ended with a flourish - at the bottom of the slope. Downhill all the way.
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Has the PLP lost its sense of right and wrong?
Conspicuous by her silence in the controversy surrounding the ex-Guantanamo Bay inmates is our Attorney General, Senator Kim Wilson.
'By any means necessary' - is this now Brown's mantra?
This famous quote from Malcolm X appears to capture Premier Brown's approach to government, certainly in light of the Uighur scandal and his planned takeover of the Corporations of Hamilton and St. George. Such an approach brings into stark relief the philosophical question: "Does the end justify the means?"
Timeline: the Gitmo Four - what happened and when
With all the fuss and explanations about the four Uyghurs, here is my definitive, factual, and honest recount of what actually took place; who did or said what and when events occurred; who knew what was happening; who did not know what was happening. The information comes from official sources …
PART II OF II
We still need more answers about the Uyghurs
The Premier's unilateral decision to accept the four former Guantanamo Bay detainees without consulting His Excellency the Governor, or his own Cabinet or Caucus, demonstrated a clear disregard for the democratic process.
Don't risk your life by drink-driving this Cup Match
Before the euphoria of the Cup Match holiday begins to take hold of people, I'd like to make a couple of appeals to the good sense of Bermudians.
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