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STATESIDE: What’s next for American news media in the post-Trump era?

ONE day this week, the front page of one of America’s most liberal big-city daily newspapers featured three stories “above the fold” of the paper that is visible when the paper sits fresh in the morning on your desk or breakfast table.

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FRONT PORCH: The light and splendour of Christmas

Because of a global pandemic that began about a year ago, 2020 has been one of the most punishing and painful years in the lives of most of humanity. Many have died. Many are dying. Many more will die and millions have become ill, some with dire and long-term physical and psychological ailments.

EDITORIAL: Is Davis ready to face up to party’s past?

PLP leader Philip ‘Brave’ Davis faces a problem – his own past.

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ALICIA WALLACE: It’s okay to enjoy Christmas

MOST people say it doesn’t feel like Christmas week. There isn’t much holiday spirit in the air, but we are doing the best we can to feel and look festive.

EDITORIAL: Talk is cheap, but where’s the money for health workers?

WHEN COVID-19 first came to our shores, there was a familiar line in the regular press conferences at the time.

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PETER YOUNG: How free is our speech?

IN the context of ‘wokeness’, which I wrote about in a recent column, there were two interesting developments in Britain last week. One was a speech by a Cabinet minister about the Conservative values of equality and individual responsibility while the other was a report by a leading think tank about the importance of free speech in universities. These are significant issues in modern society that can affect many people – even indirectly – so they are, perhaps, worth examining further.

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FACE TO FACE: Men can be vulnerable too - so let’s celebrate them

IT’S important to celebrate men! They use their brain, their brawn, their wit, and their love to be heroes. Those who do so much for so many deserve to be honored and praised, too – even more so during the Christmas season. They may be even more vulnerable during this time, so it’s important to be aware of men’s feelings and needs, according to Terence Bethel.

EDITORIAL: Let the courts rule on oil drilling

OIL is the focus of attention across The Bahamas – and farther afield too, it would seem.

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WORLD VIEW: Accommodating Guaidó sparks divisions at OAS

EVENTS at the Organization of American States (OAS) continue to reveal that, notwithstanding the efforts by some of its 33 member states, the Organization is the handmaiden of powerful governments which control it through various methods, including coercion.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Goodbye, good riddance Peter Nygard, your protectors can’t silence or frighten us any more

One-time glorified fashion mogul Peter Nygard sits in a Winnipeg jail, claiming he is innocent of what might be the most heinous charges ever brought against a resident of The Bahamas. The history-making accusations include a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct ranging from sex trafficking to rape, including drugging victims, according to documents filed in a southern New York court, often vulnerable young girls from disadvantaged homes.

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A COMIC'S VIEW: 'Twas the night before Christmas

’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the House, Every MP was stirring, from “superstar” to “louse.”

EDITORIAL: Nygard not only one facing accusations

THE long arm of the law doesn’t seem so long in The Bahamas.

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FRONT PORCH – A nation for sale: Another generation of scandal

On Tuesday the United States Department of Justice charged 79-year-old Peter Nygard with racketeering offences and sex trafficking.

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STATESIDE: A senseless death lit a fire which won’t go out

George Floyd died at the hands and knees of Minneapolis police officers just about six months ago. His senseless death ignited long-simmering protests and counter protests all across the US.