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We have, via a leak, the draft majority opinion of a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and the half-century-old constitutional right to abortion. The opinion is by Justice Samuel Alito, in a case from Mississippi, and would presumably be j...
DATE: May 04, 2022
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Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg Opinion
Britain's Tories have been in power for a long time and incumbents generally get a midterm beating. So, of course, Boris Johnson is expecting a slapdown in local government elections tomorrow.
There are plenty of reasons for voters to deliver one. Hi...
DATE: May 04, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Therese Raphael
Two months after Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, it's clear there will be no quick return to any kind of normalcy for Russia, and particularly of the economic kind. With no negotiated end to the war in sight, Russia is set for a protra...
DATE: May 02, 2022
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This article was initially intended as an e-mail to an individual, but on consideration, may be of interest to a wider audience:
Sir, the economy is the laboratory where society is built. Any failure in the economy as an instrument for the training ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Most people believe that the phrase “spin a yarn” was originally a nautical idiom. Seaman often had to spend time repairing rope on board ship. This is a time-consuming task involving twisting fibres together, which is supposed to have been referred ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
It began with soaring tributes to one of America’s lions.
"With her goodness and grace, her humanity and her intellect, she turned the tide of history," President Joe Biden said, at Madeleine Korbel Albright's funeral on Wednesday.
The 1,400 heads at...
DATE: Apr 29, 2022
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Jamaica was utterly dominant at the 49th Carifta Games. National athletics president Freddie Evans gives his views as to why, while praising Bermuda’s athletes
DATE: Apr 28, 2022
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David Burt, The Premier and Minister of Finance, has recently returned from meetings in Barbados regarding the lack of banking services for proceeds of gaming, fintech companies and blacklisting, and how the status quo is inhibiting the economic pros...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Bob Richards
Beyond all the economic data and statistics there is a moral question at the heart of any discussion around a minimum wage. Do we as a society accept that there are people in Bermuda who work full time for wages that trap them in poverty and, if so, ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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During the latter part of 2008, when there was already a disturbing picture of gang violence, the weapon of choice was a long blade or knife but that got worse when there was a sudden turn to the use of guns. Sadly, I remember cars ominously pulling ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi