OPINION
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.
Technology has brought danger into our kids' lives
When those of my generation were growing up, Bermuda households were highly protected environments in which to raise children.
Letter - Out of touch
So now we know. Tony Brannon, the self- appointed Czar of tourism, has finally revealed himself as out-dated as limbo on Hawkins Island.
Letter - Expert advice on TCD inspection missed vital facts
I am writing in response to the article headed "Top tips for preparing your vehicle for TCD inspection" printed last week.
Only fools will accept tourism numbers on face value
As this year's tourism numbers come in, we are being told how comparitively good our overall numbers are. However, we are not being told about the drastically lower income that we're earning from our new tourist business.
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Letter - Thanks for helping us to raise $20,000 for handicapped children
I am very pleased to report to you and your readers that The Committee of 25 Fundraising & Tag Day, our 55th such annual event, was held on August 14.
Shoddy roads a sign of declining standards
A couple of days before Hurricane Bill visited the island, I took the opportunity to take a drive around the main roads of Bermuda and noticed something wherever I went - a large majority of the pink reflective material on the bus stop poles are peeling from the pole exposing …
Why the public should be made aware of predators in their midst
The murder of 14-year-old Rhiana Moore and her unborn child by a convicted sex predator was the latest in a long string of sex crimes that may have been prevented by the existence of a sex offender public register.
Letter - There is a quiet tension in Bermuda that never existed years ago
As a travel agent of 37 years, up until about 1995, I used to send quality tourists by plane to many hotels and inns located in Bermuda.
When journalists become the news
Holding the powerful accountable is among a newspaper editor's chief responsibilities. It's one of the tenets of journalism.
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Powerless in our own country
There's been endless lecturing and hectoring on the subject of the Turks & Caicos Islands, and what lessons we should learn from the government corruption and U.K. take-over there.
The crushingly slow pace of educational reform
Without education, young men set their ambitions no higher than baggy pants and 28 inch car rims.
Know the history, understand the salary gap
It is perhaps understandable that there are still many whites in Bermuda who become very defensive when the question of race comes up.
Racism helps fuel economic inequality
While multiple factors contribute to economic disparity, race has been identified as a key ingredient in Bermuda.
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.
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