Op-Ed   After Christie and Ingraham The extensive commentary on the legacy of former UK Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher highlights the nature of political leadership. It is especially worthwhile to consider Lady Thatcher’s triumphs and failures in the context of the transi...     What I have learned about autism “Your child has autism.” Words that no parent could ever fully be prepared to hear.  Yet for millions of parents each year, they are the unwelcome introduction into a dramatically different world of permanently altered hopes and expectations...     The battle of the ages: Young vs. old There have been several television game shows over the years that have pitted the young against the old.  “Battle of the Ages” was one such prime time program which ran in the 1950s being broadcasted by the defunct DuMont Television Network,...     Consumer protection in The Bahamas An educated consumer is our best customer. – Sy Syms In the 1980s, in an effort to educate TV viewers, clothier Sy Syms frequently reminded his audience that, “An educated consumer is our best customer.”  He was a pioneer in con...     The case for compensating the Caribbean In 1838, British slave owners in the English-speaking Caribbean received £11.6 billion (US$17.8 billion) in today’s value as compensation for the emancipation of their “property” – 655,780 human beings of African descent that they had enslav...     CARICOM is dead It is time to grieve, mourn, and bravely accept the rigor mortis of the Caribbean Community’s death. The signs of our grave are in regional conferences, declarations, and summits.  These are rarely backed by evidence-based deliverables. ...     Christie’s brazen flip-flopping and conflict of interest on oil If many were stunned by Prime Minister Perry Christie’s back flips and somersaults on the gambling referendum, his mega flip-flop on the oil referendum is an even more spectacular display of stunning arrogance and contempt for the Bahamian people. ...     Chilean-style pension reform, pt. 2 Last week we described the main pillars of the Chilean pension system and how aspects of that model were ultimately copied around the world.  Today we extend those lessons to pension reform in The Bahamas. In 1981, influenced by the classical C...     A tribute to the Iron Lady Today, Great Britain, Europe and the world mourns the loss of a great stateswoman, former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher of Kesteven.  Former colonies of the British Empire and members of the British Commonwealth will no doubt...     The state of our public finances "Read my lips: no new taxes." – President George Herbert Walker Bush As we approach the 2013/2014 budget debate next month, which will also mark one year of governance by the Progressive Liberal Party, we thought it would be instructive to review...     «StartPrev12345678910NextEnd» Page 4 of 15