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An Election Debate False Dichotomy: Government Taxation & Spending vs. Cradle to The Grave Politics

The “choices” being offered by the candidates all required two underlying and fundamental policy recommendations: “Government Taxation & Spending” and “Cradle to The Grave Politics”.
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What We Should Remember on Martin Luther King Day

Judge People by Their Character, Not Skin Color...
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The Meaning of New Year's Resolutions

Making New Year's resolutions does not have to be futile--and to make them is not silly; done seriously, it is an act of profound moral significance that embodies the essence of a life well-lived. ...
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Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate

Columbus should be honored, for in so doing, we honor Western civilization. ...
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The Philosophical Foundations of Heroism

What characteristics must one possess to qualify as a hero? ...
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Columbus Day Celebrates Western Civilization

We need not evade or excuse Columbus’s flaws--his religious zealotry, his enslavement and oppression of natives--to recognize that he made history by finding new territory for a civilization that would soon show mankind how to overcome the age-old scourges of slavery, war, and forced religious conversion....
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Lessons from America for the Bahamas: Why Are We Moving Toward Socialized Medicine?

Government intervention in medicine is wrecking American health care. These same principles apply to the Bahamas....
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The 100 Trillion Dollar Zimbabwe Note: Lessons for the Bahamas

The Nassau Institute recently attended the economic conference “Freedom Fest” in Las Vegas – billed as the “World’s Largest Gathering of Free Minds”.One of the ...
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July Fourth Celebrates The Western World's Core Values

Reason, Rights, and Science are what made America great and are what will help make the Bahamas become a great nation also....
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Is Government in The Bahamas the problem?

When they're asked where government gets the resources to "help" Bahamians, few make the connection that government cannot give anything without taking it from us first....
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An Answer to Dr. Ken about Laissez Faire Capitalism

Dr. Ken is my friend and neighbour.  He is generous to a fault in sharing his medical knowledge and years of accumulated wisdom as a ...
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The Bahamas Prime Minister lays it on the line. Another missed opportunity perhaps?

Mr. Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas advised that the revenue shortfall being experienced is so bad that "collecting "every dollar" owed to the government will not be enough to remedy the situation"....
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The Danger of Environmentalism

The expressed goal of environmentalism is to prevent man from changing his environment, from intruding on nature. That is why environmentalism is fundamentally anti-man. Intrusion is necessary for human survival. For environmentalism, the "natural" world is a world without man. Man has no legitimate needs, but trees, ponds, and bacteria somehow do....
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The Real Meaning of Earth Hour

It is true that the importance of Earth Hour is its symbolic meaning. But that meaning is the opposite of the one intended. The lights of our cities and monuments are a symbol of human achievement, of what mankind has accomplished in rising from the cave to the skyscraper. Earth Hour presents the disturbing spectacle of people celebrating those lights being extinguished. Its call for people to renounce energy and to rejoice at darkened skyscrapers makes its real meaning unmistakably clear: Earth Hour symbolizes the renunciation of industrial civilization....
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What We Should Remember on Martin Luther King Day: Judge People by Their Character, Not Skin Color

On Martin Luther King Day--and every day--we should focus on the proper antidote to racism and the proper alternative to racial thinking: individualism. We need to teach our children and all our citizens to look beyond the superficialities of skin color and to judge people on what really matters, namely, "the content of their character." ...
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Letter to the Editor: The Famous Nassau Straw Market Shocker & The Forgotten Man

To build a market for the cost originally intended ($18,000,000) is morally wrong because it places the cost burden on the population that derives no material benefit and may even be harmed by the unsavoury image. The days are long gone when the market added “local culture” and the fun of bargaining for Bahamian-made straw work. ...
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Bahamas Union now taking credit for getting workers back to work at Atlantis

Last time I checked, Atlantis owns those positions, and only Atlantis can decide when to rehire people to meet their needs....
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Hat Trick for Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham

To suggest the government return to the failed socialist policies of the past by purchasing hotels, as one politician did recently is, well, dumb at best....
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Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate

Columbus should be honored, for in so doing, we honor Western civilization. ...
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The Immoral Call for National Service

Though he has pledged to defend America's freedom against terrorists, President Bush, in his State of the Union address, gave his unequivocal support to a ...
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The Immoral Call for National Service

This collectivist belief in the supremacy of the group over the individual is the foundation of the national-service ideology, which regards the individual as a servant to the nation. ...
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The Christopher Columbus Controversy: Western Civilization vs. Primitivism

Opinion Editorial by Michael BerlinerColumbus Day approaches, but to the "politically correct" this is no cause for celebration. On the contrary, they view the arrival ...
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The Bahamas Government Must Not Manage The Economy, But Should Protect It

Economics is the science of production and trade. It tells us that in the long run, both are maximized under a capitalist economy; and ...
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Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie Supports Capital Punishment

[Press Release] Prime Minister Perry Christie recently declared his full support for hangings and said he would be willing to fight those who oppose the ...
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Business: Government Weakens Communist Style "Exchange Controls"

Perhaps one of the most disgusting violations of individual rights of its citizens performed by the Bahamas Government are the communist inspired "exchange controls" -- ...
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Hurricane Wilma

I was in West End two days after the hurricane hit Grand Bahama and saw the devestation that Wilma brought -- in particular a brand ...
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Edward St. George a "True, True Bahamian"

FREEPORT -- The awards presentation for the Edward St. George Games took place this past weekend at Taino Beach in front of the memorial, on ...
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Remember the HMBS Flamingo

Today is the 25th anniversary of the sinking of the HMBS Flamingo which was unjustly attacked by Cuban MIGS off the Ragged Island chain in ...
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