An open letter to labour leaders on International Labour Day:
Dear labour leaders,
Let me offer “Best Wishes” on this International Labour Day, a time which provides our community an opportunity to re...
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has announced a series of seminars, which is a direct outcome of its memorandum of understanding with Airbnb, the global leader of the transformation of the worldwide vac...
Bermuda’s ability to move through the impasse over the airport redevelopment project in a way that was both peaceful and implied a reasonable degree of mutual respect — in spite of those differences —...
An open Letter to Jason Hayward
Dear Jason,
Let me offer this invitation, given the statement you made last week, regarding “civil war”, and the subsequent criticism of same. If I’ve understood you c...
In the 1970s as a 20-something, Wilfred “Mose” Allen became a mentor of mine. Mose, also known as “Scrapo”, had been a champion of social justice. While he had limited formal schooling, he was well-re...
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer”
— Albert Camus
In December 1977, as a young man living temporarily in London, I had an experience that resonates wi...
The BBC recently aired an interview from its archives to mark November 30, 1965, when Ralph Nader published his first book, Unsafe at Any Speed.
This maiden work by a twentysomething author quickly b...
Does anyone know who their father is? This question posed in the Greek myth, The Odyssey, is asked by a son who grew up while his father spent many years “fighting battles in distant lands”. The answe...
How do we humans deal with our deepest differences? While conflicts basically have two sides, I’ve found that resolving differences and transforming the most challenging situations come from the invol...
This past weekend marked the end of Lent and the beginning of spring, a time of renewal. Lent commemorates Jesus spending 40 days in the wilderness: fasting, overcoming substantial temptations, access...
