Letters   Seeking inner peace Dear Editor,   The prevention of terrorism is necessary and it requires a certain violence. Not that external wrath we often commit against our neighbor in the name of peace, but rather the internal violence against self, against our selfishn...     Department of Immigration embarrassing us again? Dear Editor, Here we go again. According to press reports “without warning, two uniformed men and one plain-clothes officer marched into the water park (at Atlantis) through a back gate, found the American citizen in the middle of a guest interact...     The gun epidemic Dear Editor, Shavano Dean, dead.  Randy Henfield, dead.  Ketarrio Armbrister, dead.  Randolph Almanto Coakley, dead.  Christopher Outten, dead.  Julian Collie, dead.  Alexandro Bain, dead. All of these men were murdere...     The Bahamas has become a commonwealth of fear Dear Editor, In 1989 an Iraqi writer named Kanan Makiya published his ground-breaking book “Republic of Fear: The politics of modern Iraq” under the pseudonym Samir al-Khalil.  An updated edition with a new introduction was published in 199...     The gaming dilemma Dear Editor, We have learned nothing from our past and have foolishly gone full circle back there.  Back to the racism of not being able to do in our country what foreigners can.  Bahamians get your heads out of the sand and march on these...     On what needs to change at BEC Dear Editor, On your April 13 editorial on energy saving, it was 99 percent okay. You missed a valuable point in the third paragraph from bottom – saving energy reduces BEC revenue. This is correct.  However, reducing energy gives BEC surpl...     Do we need a nice leader? Dear Editor, Who are we comparing the leader of the opposition to when we make attempts to judge what a credible leader should look like? Perhaps that is the problem with the grid we are using.  He is supposed to look or talk a particular way....     Protecting Bahamian jobs at what cost? Dear Editor, It usually starts with a speech about how Bahamians are being deprived of jobs in their own land or the like.  Maybe it’s an “emotional” appeal for employers to do “what’s right”, or a simple threat that work permits mi...     Police must be properly trained Dear Editor, This week, I attended a function on Bay Street along with two guests from England. My understanding is that vehicles are allowed to park in taxi spots after 6 p.m. when the shops are closed.  Certainly, this has been the practice....     The discovery of oil will benefit us all Dear Editor, As a very strong proponent of oil prospecting and production if successful, I was bothered by some of the recent negative commentary emanating from members of the public, including some radio talk show hosts.  After looking into th...     «StartPrev12345678910NextEnd» Page 6 of 31