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Nova Scotia just returned the liberal government back to power. Although there was clearly movement closing the gap between them and the opposition parties, the result shows that there is still tremendous support for the liberals, perhaps somewhat bo...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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Sharing time with some Native American friends in Canada tuned me into some of my own latent sentiments, which seem cyclic. It may be hard to imagine what some Native Americans can experience, particularly since the rhetoric that exploded on the Amer...
DATE: May 15, 2017
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For us baby boomers, the 1960s was a memorable era. The assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) was followed by the song Abraham, Martin and John sung by Dion and so soulfully rendered by Moms Ma...
DATE: Apr 27, 2017
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The economic phenomenon of the Donald Trump vision for America will certainly provide the screenplay to test the economic theories that have challenged the world for more than a century. The Trump cabinet is an unabashed conservative group of billion...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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It is interesting to read the drivel from political pundits, extolling the virtues of conservatism while denigrating with righteous indignation anything remotely progressive as left wing.
Barack Obama has come to the end of his presidency amid a flur...
DATE: Jan 18, 2017
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With lots of talk about the role of the electoral college in the United States and delegates in Bermuda versus direct elections, it may be useful to understand their origins.
In 1796 during its beginnings, the US had a practical problem on how to cho...
DATE: Nov 17, 2016
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Congratulations to David Burt for becoming the ninth leader of the Progressive Labour Party. The timing of his ascension is pivotal heading into a General Election in a little more than a year’s time.
The country has numerous challenges such as the ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2016
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After reading the October 27 editorial titled “What’s missing? Rear window, bravery, honour, leadership”, we can understand the Editor’s shock at the news that the football team’s attackers were from the ages of 13 to 16. But that’s about the typical...
DATE: Oct 31, 2016
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“Bermuda is another world”. In the western hemisphere or the Americas, there isn’t another country or island jurisdiction that has a racial profile like Bermuda. Most countries such as the United States or the Caribbean have either an overwhelming, a...
DATE: Sep 26, 2016
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