Schools across the island are into their last week of the fall term, as the calendar year rumbles to a close. It is evident that schools play an essential part in the development of young people; howe...
The year 1967 was key for Bermuda, a period of renaissance. In July of that year, the Bermuda Constitution was legislated at the British Parliament at Westminster in London, as a result of negotiation...
Barack Obama responded with a speech upon receiving the 2017 Profiles In Courage Award at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library on Sunday night. With his capacity for eloquence, his speech was ref...
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...
