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RG: Opinion
Bermuda does best when a rising economic tide lifts all boats, not just the yachts.
President Kennedy’s nautical-themed rule of thumb on shared prosperity seems particularly applicable in the wake of the recent Newport Bermuda classic.
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DATE: Jul 05, 2014
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Bermuda residents have not just the right but the duty to question received opinions, especially when they seem to favour the powerful or lazily attempt to justify the manifestly unjust.
And politicians, of course, believe they have the concurrent r...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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“Thirty years ago there stood, a few doors short of the church of Saint George, in the borough of Southwark, on the left-hand side of the way going southward, the Marshalsea Prison, (a) close and confined prison for debtors … It had stood there many ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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RG: In our Opinion
The period since 2008 has amounted to Bermuda’s Locust Years – the scriptural “years that the locusts hath eaten” — for both the Island as a whole and for too many of its inhabitants.
A worldwide recession of almost unprecedented length and harshnes...
DATE: Jun 27, 2014
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It’s been a Best of Times, Worst of Times few days for those responsible for stemming the flow of illegal drugs into the Island.
A major shipment of heroin with an estimated street value of $1 million was seized at the weekend following what was evid...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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“Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us … All these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their time.” — Ecclesiasticus
Those who attain an undeserved standing in any society never really overshadow those who...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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RG: In our Opinion
Karl Rove certainly didn’t invent the polarising hardball tactics which so define the modern political landscape (that dubious distinction belongs to the very first elected official who successfully circumvented the logical faculties of some of the ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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RG: In our Opinion
Throughout our long history most Bermudians have had an intuitive understanding of the fact that if you protect the land and water around you, the land and water will return the favour.
In fact, Bermuda has always been something of a trailblazer when...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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RG: In our Opinion
“Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks,
Ten thousand men that fishes gnawed upon,
Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl,
Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels,
All scattered in the bottom of the sea.”
—William Shakespeare
“He was born ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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RG: In our Opinion
A multicoloured collection of national flags fluttering from car windows, attached to trucks and pinned to motorbikes is a sure sign that what is commonly referred to as “the greatest show on earth” is about to begin.
Over the next month, the bars wi...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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