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“It’s not what we do, but why we do it.” This is a paraphrase of the theme of a speech given by noted comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory which I heard as a freshman student at the University off Miami, in the late 1960s. That experience ...

For decades Bermudians have been lamenting the education system in this country. Every single aspect of education from the Minister of Education, Ministry of Edcuation, Department of Education, teachers, curriculum, resources and school buildings ha...

Let's summarise the viewpoints of our dear senators and explore their arguments. The below quotes have been attributed to the senators by The Royal Gazette. Joan Dillas-Wright (President of the Senate): “I have a major concern about our youn...

History of St David’s Primary School was established in 1893 in a single-room wooden church building; there is no record of the principal or staff at that time. The first official record of a principal was Arthur Hudson in 1909. Mr Hudson and most of...

It took many unsung, brave souls who toiled endlessly to help pave the way for what we would consider today as progress in a world still struggling over what constitutes proper values for living. Here in Bermuda that struggle was very much a part of...

In March 2020, Bermudians experienced the last week of “life as we knew it”. Whether it be shopping, family gatherings, company parties, weekly sports games or simply going to work, everything has changed because of Covid-19. One year on, we have a v...

The Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses in Bermuda is a noble pursuit, certainly a needed inquiry longed for by many, given the history of irregular property acquisitions in the mid-20th century. One would recall when this motion was firs...

Interesting this: there is talk elsewhere that we may be on the verge of another Roaring Twenties — like that which followed the 1918 flu pandemic. Well, we can but hope; and note, I underscore elsewhere. Such talk is apparently fuelled by the belief...

The first sign that something terrible had happened came as a notification on a station platform: my train was running late. It was a bullet train from Hiroshima to Kyoto. I was travelling through western Japan with friends. I was The Washington Post...

Can I make the assessment such as that made with the former United Bermuda Party that suggests that we are now at the end of another socio-political life cycle? It was very easy to see that the UBP had run its course and that its time was up with th...