I have read a lot lately about the seemingly random acts of nature that occasion together to create what seems a terra firma. In a geographic context, the Spanish and the Portuguese were the first to ...
What is the greatest thing a government can do or be known for having accomplished or tried? Throughout history, we have had examples of various leaderships that have left an indelible print on the ps...
Walking along Reid Street and gazing through shop windows during normal shopping hours, one could not help but notice just how inactive most are. At times it appears as were not for the staff, some pl...
I sat on the Human Rights Commission for 13 years up until the end of 1998. The legislation was always a work in progress — not as one would think, as this immutable gospel or the tablet on the Mount....
Aside from putting the world on notice that ocean warming and climate change dramatically have altered our ecosystem, Hurricane Irma put on display the true nature of the wealth of nations.
The southe...
A Throne Speech is a throne speech is a throne speech, so they say. I try to be critical and look for what is being said and, equally, what hasn’t been said also. The style of this year’s speech was c...
The recent call for independence by Senator Jason Hayward at the Labour Day rally should not be a cause for alarm or surprise — and it was to be expected. There has always been a sector of labour that...
You don’t have to be a prophet to know that you cannot burn a candle at both ends. Within an economy where one of the problems may be the issues of wage and benefits, and the other may just be not eno...
I recently wrote about Sir Henry Tucker. The motive behind it was to use our history to demonstrate the power of vision and, more specifically, to highlight the role of market leaders. Sir Henry was t...
Sir Henry Tucker will stand out as one of the principle visionaries for 20th-century Bermuda. Born in 1903, he was a young man when he returned to the island after a stint working for the banks and br...
