Opinion Writers
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Fifty years later, what is there really to celebrate?
It’s the year of the 50th anniversary of our constitution. Wow. What a celebration; the silence is almost palpable. Like a...
May 26, 2018 8:00 am
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Time to cancel the NFL and its plantation-style politics
If you want a modern example of nakedly racist authoritarianism in America, look no farther than the National Football...
- May 26, 2018 8:00 am
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The long arc of progress
One of former United States President Barack Obama’s guiding principles was this statement: “The moral arc of the universe is...
- May 24, 2018 8:00 am
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Independence Day: if not now, when?
<i>The following is a repurposing of the Premier’s speech to the House of Assembly on the 50th anniversary of Universal...
- May 23, 2018 8:00 am
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Public should not be sweet on a thinly veiled consumer tax
In January I wrote two opinion pieces on the proposed sugar tax. Given that the Government has now laid the Customs Tariff...
- May 23, 2018 8:00 am
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We could do worse than follow the BVI model on transparency
Much has been written, and rightly so, about Britain’s misguided move to compel its Caribbean and Bermudian territories to...
- May 22, 2018 8:00 am
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Resentment of the crazy-rich isn’t just envy
In the forthcoming movie Crazy Rich Asians, an American woman discovers that her boyfriend belongs to Singapore’s secretive,...
- May 21, 2018 8:00 am
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Storage will be next big thing in energy
Think the plummeting costs of solar and wind are transforming the energy landscape? Then you should be betting on ways to...
- May 21, 2018 8:00 am
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Republican strengths turn out to be weaknesses
Republicans knew the hurdles they were facing when they looked ahead to the 2018 midterms. Off-year elections are usually...
- May 21, 2018 8:00 am
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Tribute to a man who literally gave the clothes off his back
I was on an exhausting end of a family trip in Atlanta with wi-fi only access on my mobile phone. On Sunday evening, at about...
- May 19, 2018 8:00 am
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- An adult suffrage not quite yet universal
- A word of warning about our incessant crypto drive
- There's no cost to whites calling 911 about blacks – there should be
- OBA’s methods for recovery more hopeless than hopeful
- A royal wedding gift? I’ll be sitting this one out
- How to root out corruption in NCAA basketball
- Rising spread of income inequality
- Race cards should be seen only at the races
- A Mother’s Day memory: my almost daughter
- Is the PLP at a dead loss for moving Bermuda forward?
- Bermuda eases panic over lost passports
- Twizy the way forward to protect tourists
- A few inconvenient truths
- By these measures, just how bad are we?
- The definition of success
- You can be tough on terrorism without torture
- The campaign for equality
- Local blood ties cut across racial lines
- ATV plan upsets Bermuda’s delicate balance
- Room for improvement in midwives’ quality of care
- No stopping the American ‘for ever’ war
- By-elections and London buses
- When the experts don’t know best
- Worthy fight for internet freedom in Russia
- Windrush issue refocuses a light on our failings
- Salute to those who give voice to powerless
- Thank you, Flora, for being so special
- Fishing on Flatts Bridge is a no-no
- Farewell, Bermuda: you have a special place in my heart
- A reaction that reeks of no justice for all
- The West should beware Korean peace trap
- We must all pass on the baton
- Political rot in Nicaragua
- Making killers into stars
- Canada not immune to overpolicing in black communities
- Trump’s historic unpopularity is a big story
- A clear danger to our communities
- Eyesore exposes preferential treatment
- Arc of white supremacy’s history in America
- We’ll understand today in about 100 years
