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America now is at a point where it needs a reset. The departure of Donald Trump with his closing salvo stating "the movement has just begun" sets the job for the new president as one of those epochal moments in the national life of the United States....
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
After a May 2017 hearing that found prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying was discriminatory and unconstitutional, the Chief Justice of Bermuda’s Supreme Court ruled that same sex-marriages in Bermuda should be legal.
In November 2018, the Gover...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Cheryl Pooley
Pardon me, and rarely would I take this approach, but when an ideologue and a person who is thought to be at the cutting edge of political reform declares a political position that is pre-1770, what hope could be had for the bunch on the Hill? It wou...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
When Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address tomorrow, the shadow of what Abraham Lincoln called the "mobocratic spirit" will cast a heavy pall over the day's usual pomp and circumstance.
On January 6, insurrectionists stormed the US Capitol, attem...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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The January 15 edition of The Royal Gazette contained a full-page celebration of the birthday of Donald “Dick” Dane, an educator and football coach. It featured a collection of wonderful testimonials by some outstanding footballers of our past who ha...
DATE: Jan 19, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
I have written about our leaders in the past and on one such occasion I elevated a comparison between three prominent leaders — Sir Henry “Jack” Tucker, Sir John Swan and Ewart Brown — putting all of them in a realm at the top as far as being the mo...
DATE: Jan 19, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
The philosophy of the Progressive Labour Party is rooted in ensuring that a hard day’s work is respected and that workers are protected.
As has been reported in the news, the Senate just passed two significant pieces of legislation that will together...
DATE: Jan 19, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Arianna Hodgson
When I was growing up, my parents told me, when you are in a public gathering with strangers, there are two topics to avoid: race and religion.
Race and religion are difficult topics. They have caused riots, wars and no one leaves a social gathering ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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What is the biggest threat facing Bermuda? Last summer I posed this question in an opinion observing that our biggest threat was not in fact Bermuda’s new airport. Today, our island benefits from a new $400 million gateway, built without adding to o...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Scott Pearman
It was extremely disturbing to read the Letter to the Editor in The Royal Gazette on January 14, 2021 entitled “Spot the difference” wherein the author, Elspeth Gray, asks: “What is the difference between the Trump supporters storming the Capitol Bui...
DATE: Jan 16, 2021
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