The British once proudly proclaimed, “The sun never sets on British soil” so vast was its colonial empire. The Irish refrain was: “Because God doesn't trust them in the dark.” Trust has been a difficu...
“Inoffensive” is the word that first came to mind after reading the 2011-2012 Budget. As we confront a global financial challenge that has crippled many other countries, Premier Cox has sought ways to...
This is the second in a two-part series on lessons from the Middle East.
After 30 years of authoritarian rule, Egypt’s Mubarak was finally ousted from power in a popular uprising. Once the darling of...
Next week Friday, Premier Cox will deliver her first budget as leader. Immediately following this there will be a predictable outpouring of practised outrage about the level of government debt. We wil...
There comes a time when the people have to act directly to bring about necessary change. The raison d’être almost always involves the failure of the formal political process politicians to move decisi...
On the eve of the August, 1995 independence referendum, then-United Bermuda Party MP Wayne Furbert and I chatted outside of Number 1 Shed, where inside a capacity crowd of some 1,000 Bermudians exuber...
One of the unfortunate realities of our modern era is that when the going gets tough in countries, some of us descend into the blame game finding convenient scapegoats to “explain” the problem and the...
Every so often Government is called upon to privatise aspects of its operations so as to achieve greater efficiencies. These calls are typically made around budget time and they almost invariably eman...
As another group of Bermuda Regiment recruits prepares for camp and the necessary training, we should revisit the primary means of recruitment today conscription with a view toward its abolition.
The...
Next year will be a pivotal political period. There almost certainly will be a general election in either the summer or early December, and this will provide an opportunity for our political parties t...
