George Aiken, a centrist Republican senator from Vermont in the 1960s, has long been credited with the quote that the "US should declare victory in Vietnam and leave".
The Vermont senator's actual sta...
The Delta variant of Covid-19 is well and truly in Bermuda now.
Last night, the health ministry reported that 92 people had Covid-19, up from just 19 a mere three weeks ago.
Of those 92 cases, the va...
It may be that the Government’s plans to close half of the island’s primary schools are so popular and make such good sense that that is the reason there has been virtually no opposition to the announ...
Crime stories have been vying with Covid-19 headlines for attention in recent days, and that is bad news for Bermuda.
Two different shootings that left four people wounded on Court Street over the pa...
The Government's announcement that it will relax requirements for permanent residence should be welcomed, although it will be likely criticised from both ends of the political spectrum.
Pro-business a...
The Government won a significant legal victory on July 23 in its efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic when the Chief Justice dismissed a challenge to its mandatory supervised quarantine order f...
Flora Duffy’s achievement in winning the gold medal in the women’s triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics produces innumerable superlatives.
The first gold medal for Bermuda.
The smallest country by popula...
Few are coming out of the controversy over mandatory supervised quarantine very well.
That is as true for the opponents of mandatory supervised quarantine, who often display a tenuous grip on science...
For virtually the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government is experiencing sustained criticism of its handling of the crisis.
Perhaps because of the novelty of taking f...
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch insisted in the House of Assembly last Friday that the demolition of the historic house Wantley will go ahead despite objections from community organisations.
The Minis...
