OPINION
We are balancing needs of patients and healthcare providers
Minister Zane DeSilva: We believe in a Bermuda where essential healthcare is available to all and not just the privileged.
Who's best equipped to solve Bermuda's problems?
Tom Vesey: What do you think should the big issues in the next election?
People are slow to praise but quick to criticize
Shawnette Somner: At some point in our lives we all do things we regret and make choices that leave us questioning our morals and ethics.
OPINION
Pushing 100 per cent mortages smacks of desperation
Larry Burchall: Last week I suggested that there might be an element of desperation in this Government's response to what is happening now. A couple of people took issue with that, suggesting I was being melodramatic.
Don't that believe our debt to GDP ratio is healthy - it's like a Greek myth
The ancient Greeks believed that Zeus lived on Mount Olympus ruling over the Greek pantheon. In modern Bermuda, today's relationship between GDP and National Debt is believed, by some, to be good. Both beliefs are myths.
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Inherent racial bias poses a threat to our country
Tom Vesey: Most of us are filled with biases of every description. Some are harmless, some are amusing, and some are very damaging to other people and to society as a whole.
A chance to glimpse priceless stamps
In commemoration of both the Bermuda Post Office's 200th Anniversary and the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda's 25th Anniversary, a Royal Stamp Exhibit will be held April 23-30.
OPINION
Why do we throw taxpayers' money at undisciplined sportsmen?
Larry Burchall: Wasting money by throwing millions of taxpayer dollars at the team sports of football and cricket should stop now. It rewards their indiscipline and failure.
OPINION
Letter: Could these blocks stem coastal erosion?
Alfred J Wright, Jr: Dolos blocks, made of concrete poured in a mould in the shape of an "H" twisted 90 degrees, are used around the world to protect shorelines and harbours.
OPINION
Laughter is not only a joy, it's a proven stress reliever
Shawnette Somner: As I opened last Friday's Bermuda Sun and realized the article I had submitted was a week ahead of time, I immediately began laughing at myself.
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OPINION
Don't assume that swing voters are moderates
Tom Vesey: I don't want to insult swing voters, whom I dearly love, but I'm beginning to suspect they really aren't that important.
The meteoric rise of household debt
Craig Simmons: Household debt is four times larger than government debt. In 2000, it was $2 billion and government debt was $0.16 billion ($160 million).
Kudos to the single parents who raise good citizens
Shawnette Somner: The epidemic of single parent households is on a rapid rise yet the ability and possibly even the desire to have open and frank discussion on the topic seems to be one that very few are willing to tackle.
We can't cut our way out of slump: we must create jobs
Jason Hayward: I have stated publicly before, and I’ll say it again — job creation is the only way for the economy to truly recover.
OPINION
We can learn from elephants
Shawnette Somner: Why should children of single parent homes be the ones to make the uphill efforts to reach out to the other parent? It just doesn't seem fair.
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