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POLITICOLE: Fighting for our freedom

I was born exactly 200 years (to the year) after the American Revolutionary War began. It was the beginning of the America we know today, and the beginning of its formalised civil liberties, creating examples for much of the rest of the world on how to protect individual rights and freedoms.

REAL ESTATE: The value and benefits of property appraisals

Looking for the best appraiser for a residence or commercial property? Antoine Adderley spells out what qualities clients should look for.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Too much PLP loose talk - and a divine spanking

As we get started this week, I’m glad to see that such a broad cross section of Bahamians read and enjoy this column and (judging by the side eye I get from them in Pizza Hut’s checkout line) certain politicians not so much.

VIEW FROM AFAR: Time to reap the benefits of ending exchange control policy

THERE have been a number of comments recently about the need for more dependence on local investment and less on foreign.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Back to school . . . back to the drawing board?

It is high time that we recognise that The Bahamas’ school system is antediluvian and in desperate need of restructuring. We must focus on entirely revamping our almost defunct educational system. Once again, after another year of national exams, it is clear that a legion of Bahamian students has yet again failed with flying colours.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: How young teachers’ complaints can be solved

WHEN young teachers tell me their complaints, I can relate to them wholeheartedly as a former teacher myself.

POLITICOLE: R.E.S.P.E.C.T a song and dance, by Fred Mitchell and Perry Christie

WHEN will our leaders recognise that their place in leadership does not mean that people should have nothing to say against them because they lead? And that, rather, it really means the opposite?

Go West! How the property landscape has shifted in New Providence

Andrew Seymour explores the reasons for migration from the east of the most populous of the Bahamas islands.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Adding up, Growing up, Acting up

I must admit as I looked back at all that transpired politically and socially this past week I had a “deja-vu” experience.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Conflict of interest and the business of government

WE often hear that perception is reality.

TOUGH CALL: Baha Mar project - from salvation to albatross

FOR months now, Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell has been unconstructively inserting himself into the Baha Mar imbroglio - by insulting, berating and threatening the project’s developer, Sarkis Izmirlian.