OPINION
Obama heralds a new age of reason
Obama, Barack Obama - it doesn't have the same ring as "Bond, James Bond", but in our real world this name carries the hopes of millions for a global transformation.
Some whites will use Obama to mask their racism
In a column last week I argued that those Bermudians like Dr. Grant Gibbons who attempt to appropriate Barack Obama's victory and translate that wholesale to the Bermudian context are off base at best and indulging in the worst form of racial politics at worst.
How many thugs in our public school system?
My recent questions about private versus public educating systems upset some readers. Several readers replied.
Let's re-visit National Heroes Day
No one I know disagrees with the idea of setting a day aside to celebrate the people who have helped make Bermuda great.
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Whites should move beyond voting en bloc for one party
Bermuda's white community should examine its age old habits of voting for one party and one party only; that party being the UBP.
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Letter - BDA/Nova Scotia links: what they didn't tell you
I am a resident of Nova Scotia and previously lived for three years in Bermuda. I was dismayed to read a press release published by the Government of Nova Scotia outlining a memorandum of understanding signed recently by NS Premier Rodney MacDonald and your Premier, Dr. Ewart Brown.
Letter - The education of our students cannot be reduced to labelling
After recently completing a total of 46 years in education - as a classroom teacher at primary and secondary levels, including a total of twenty-four years as a school administrator at primary, secondary and middle school, and more recently as an Education Officer, I am still incensed by the reference …
Fond farewell to a woman who helped enrich Bermuda
Ann Burton Brown passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2009. It was a peaceful moment and she was surrounded by her family in her home, 'Knapton'.
The rank and file of the PLP are tired of corruption claims: they need to act
PLP supporters have been at pains to deny that a taint of corruption surrounds its leaders. Some have claimed there's no proof, or inclusive proof. Others have tried to claim that everyone has benefited so what's the problem? Still others have said that previous administrations have done it so why …
A salute to Rosalind Williams, stalwart of The Progressive Group
The Progressive Group: It is hardly known by people and its their contribution to the island was made with no fuss or boasting. So in part it violates their social contract to examine the personalities involved; but I believe it will help in accessing the deeper story called Bermuda.
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Posters a waste of time without police enforcement
Would we admonish thieves not to steal, and expect that to cure theft? Would we expect football players not to grab each other's shirts or not trip each other if there wasn't a referee on the field with a whistle?
PLP has managed the economy well, but outside forces could hurt us
President Obama has a daunting challenge before him, as do most of the world's leaders, including our own, for despite early optimism expressed in the global community that an American financial and economic collapse would not prove to be contagious, the opposite has clearly occurred.
Letter - History cannot be erased, no matter how painful it is
I read the article by your Columnist Tom Vesey (February 13) and thought " I must be getting soft!" I approve of, or agree with, enough of Mr. Vesey's articles that when I do not, I pay attention anyway.
Letter - It was wrong to refer to my 'self-imposed exile'
In the course of my 20 years as a professional singer I have, as you can certainly imagine, endured my fair share of reviews of my performances.
Persistent allegations of corruption add up to little more than wishful thinking
"You probably have a sizeable proportion of people in Bermuda who think I'm a crook, and also that I have cedar beams in my house. Neither of which are true."- Premier Dr. Ewart Brown, Rotary Club
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