Front Porch: Party politics and leadership lessons
UK PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer has bowed to political reality, agreeing a timetable to step down as Labour leader and head of government.
Stateside: The potential impact of Hegseth’s “fixation”
AS THE American presidency of Donald Trump falters under an avalanche of depressingly bad news, sagging poll numbers, high-profile defections and a personal unraveling that’s transforming his presidential image from merely maliciously cantankerous to startlingly unhinged, arm chair historians are beginning to dissect his tenure in office and filter out some of the more significant aspects of this unique man’s impact on the US and on the world.
Bahamas must prepare next generation of entrepreneurs
As The Bahamas seeks to diversify its economy and create new opportunities for sustainable growth, entrepreneurship has emerged as a critical pathway for innovation, job creation and economic resilience.
America’s Got Talent behind the scenes: what happens after a contestant is sent home?
I ALWAYS wondered what happened to those singers, dancers, magicians, performers on America’s Got Talent who rise and fall in a heartbeat, the hopefuls who get standing ovations one week only to be summarily dismissed the next.
San Salvador’s Dixon Hill Light, history, wrecks and misadventures
THE Imperial Light Service (ILS) built their final Bahamian lighthouse on Dixon’s Hill, San Salvador and lit it on April 1, 1887.
Stateside: White and the White House
THE northeastern US has been enjoying San Diego-type weather for much of this month of June, and the cool nights and mostly dry, cloudless days of 75-degree warmth have offered a salving context for what now seems like ordinary news.
Front Porch: National embarrassment: belligerent, bullying Speaker
IN 2018, then-Opposition Leader Philip Davis strongly criticized the nasty attacks and stupidity of then-Speaker of the House of Assembly, Halston Moultrie, who repeatedly proved his unfitness for that high office. Davis rightly labelled the bumptious and narcissistic Moultrie as a “bullying buffoon.”
Shop counter moves into the smart phonE
The shop counter has moved into the smart phone and, increasingly, into the social media app.
Alicia Wallace: Just how much misogyny
LAST week Tuesday, it was reported that Corrections Commissioner Dean Cleare told new recruits that women would be quickly dismissed for any missteps because the squad has “an abundance of [them], too much. Our waiting list now is over 400 females trying to get in here, but it is the males who I will try to massage, wash your toes, and wash your feet to try to get you in line.”
Facing Reality: The cap, the gown, and the great illusion of success
EVERY year, as graduation season arrives, communities gather to celebrate one of society's most cherished rituals. Proud parents fill auditoriums and sports fields. Cameras flash.
World View: Why the Commonwealth Matters Again
SMALL and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality.
Beyond The Border: The 75-country ban
THE classification of foreign nationals as "likely at any time to become a public charge" under Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) remains a central pillar of United States inadmissibility law.
Lighthouses & shipwrecks of Bird Rock Light, Fortune Island
THE Pall Mall Gazette in 1878 focused on recent lighthouse expenditures, which rose “on account of the construction of Bird Rock Lighthouse in the Bahamas.” Why spend so much money on a remote pile or rock built atop a remote rock, taxpayers asked their government in London. The expenses considerably exceeded the estimate granted.
Outrage over chief’s words a wake-up call
THIS is not the column I intended to write, which was going to be light-hearted and fun about the days when the music we listened to had words we could understand and when songs had lyrics you memorized. When you knew every word and could relate to the love or anguish it belted.
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