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STATESIDE: US rival tensions continue to build as China’s recent affair with Cuba taking centre stage
“The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict,” according to the US State Department’s historical office.
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STATESIDE: Recent firings at major news outlets do little to change the media’s landscape
AMERICA’S highly politicised, highly polarised cable TV networks regained centre stage once again this week, as both Fox and CNN fired popular stalwarts in the wake of accumulated indiscretions. It wasn’t surprising. A bit disappointing, maybe. But not too surprising.
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STATESIDE: Republican competition for presidential nominee warming up
WHAT state seems to be the centre of the American political universe these days? Some feel that it’s Florida, home now to both former president Donald Trump and his most talked-about potential heir, governor Ron DeSantis. The governor, aided by the Republican-controlled legislature, is plowing headlong into one culture war after another, from packing with conservatives the board of trustees at quirky, progressive New College in Sarasota to casting doubt about school curricula that teach youngsters about the history of African-Americans.
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PETER YOUNG: Germany changes tack on Ukraine
IN writing last week about the West’s supply of tanks to Ukraine, I suggested it might be interesting to examine further the sensitivities surrounding Germany’s involvement.
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STATESIDE: Just how far can you push the rules and get away with it?
JOAN and her friend Marilyn were in her New York City kitchen, warding off the unseasonable chill outside with steaming mugs of coffee. They were talking about the world’s current number one bogeyman.
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STATESIDE: Queen’s passing sent a shock wave around the world
DOES it feel to you that the world has somehow become a less comfortable, secure and stable place since the death of Queen Elizabeth II just a week ago? Whether or not you feel The Bahamas should remain in the Commonwealth of Nations or follow the path of Barbados into republican status, the queen’s passing seemed to send a shock wave around the world. Her death, though at her age of 96 it was hardly unexpected, was an emotional tsunami. She had that kind of impact around the world.
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PETER YOUNG: A breakthrough of sorts - but will the Russians stick to it?
A major development in the war in Ukraine has raised faint hopes of peace in the longer term. An agreement with Russia was signed last week to restart the export of grain, though there is a danger that it may have already been derailed because of the firing of missiles at the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa over the weekend.
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STATESIDE: Roll up, roll up for the great game of ‘pick your nominee’
“I’M just disgusted by what’s happening in the US,” the Bahamian lady said over the telephone. WhatsApp, of course. “What a colossal mess! You know, I heard the other day someone was talking, and they said that the Democrats actually figured out how to entice the conservatives on the Supreme Court to vote on Roe v Wade right now, because it’s the only thing that can prevent a Republican takeover of Congress in November.”
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DEREK SMITH: ‘Box checking’ no security guarantee
A new era of technology-based businesses has begun. Technology is used for every aspect of business, from accepting client instructions electronically to processing credit cards, accepting wire transfers and storing employee and customer information. Simply put: Any business requirement can be met with technology.
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Climate change
“...one would think that over multiple geological periods the earth’s climate has never changed. Most don’t even know we are in an interglacial period right now, but let these crusaders continue their efforts to change the climate!” A comment responding to a May 5 Tribune story headlined, “Pinder: We Will Lead On Climate Change.”
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Hopefully the end of NATO
Since 1989, NATO has had no good reason to exist.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: The Atlantis lesson on xenophobia
SOMEONE I highly respect reminded me recently of the reaction Bahamians had when we heard a hotel magnate from South Africa, a man known to throw lavish parties aboard a private jet and enrich himself in a land of apartheid, had purchased much of Paradise Island. Bahamians were enraged, apoplectic.
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STATESIDE: Early sign Democrats may be safe in the mid-terms
There was a lot of political news in the US on Tuesday. Pundits and commentators from both the left and the right had plenty to talk about. The big question is whether any of the news was really significant. It might be.
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STATESIDE: Putin won’t find Biden as easy to handle - but don’t expect it to make any difference
US President Joe Biden, who has been in office for five months, is now busy preparing for his first summit meeting with Vladimir Putin next week. Putin has been President of Russia for 18 of the past 22 years and was only nominally out of the office for those missing four years.
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DEREK SMITH: Pipeline ransomware attack exposes threat to Bahamas
The technology landscape has changed dramatically in the last year, making it a constantly shifting and evolving environment. This has tested enterprise risk management (ERM), governance structures and business continuity management strategies like never before. No one could have predicted the impact COVID-19 has had on business, technology and cyber security. What remains evident is that multiple industries lack robust risk management and incident recovery plans, which makes them vulnerable to cyber attacks.
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West worst for police to serve
Almost a week ago, eight people were attacked by hitmen in a well-coordinated shooting, only two people survived, and six others killed, marking this incident as the second recorded mass shooting since 2013 and a similar incident that was reported back in the early 1960’s when the Bahamas was under the British Crown.
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STATESIDE: Biden brings back normalcy even as Trump’s minions start making their move
YESTERDAY marked a couple of anniversaries in very recent American political history. Both seem to be historically significant. And both fundamentally concern just one person.
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STATESIDE: Even for Trump this is all starting to look completely ridiculous
No one in Washington has ever witnessed anything like what is happening with and to Donald Trump these days. The US President, long suspected of sociopathic behaviour and tendencies by mental health professionals, seems to be lurching out of control in an increasingly desperate attempt to cling to office.
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Three rays of hope amid the gloom
DESPITE thousands of people laid off and the economy at a near standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions, some local businesswomen have found ways to adapt to the crisis. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Bolera Glinton, of BGG Wo
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Drug cartels
For a while, I’ve looked at crime trends and studied them closely to understand and learn how to fully combat these problems. We always had a gang problem and illegal arms dealing being the two biggest issues in crime.
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