Bahama Pundittag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2163942012-01-25T08:22:06-05:00A selection of weekly articles by top Bahamian commentators.TypePadBahamaPundithttp://feedburner.google.comMedical Tourism and Medical Oversight in the Bahamastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef016300183612970d2012-01-25T08:22:06-05:002012-01-25T08:22:49-05:00by Larry Smith In a recent Tribune article, heart specialist Dr Conville Brown complained about Bahamians spending millions of dollars in the US for medical care that could easily be obtained at home. He was arguing in favour of local...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/5lwatKn1fPk" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2012/01/medical-tourism-and-medical-oversight-in-the-bahamas.htmlMajority Rule at Forty-Fivetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef016760ffc34d970b2012-01-24T10:58:40-05:002012-01-24T10:58:40-05:00by Simon The success of great political events and movements inspire all manner of grandstanding by secondary figures who played tangential or minor roles in such events. As often, those who played more critical roles, and are disinclined to preen...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/2OXOfMS0jRc" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2012/01/majority-rule-at-forty-five.htmlThe 1958 General Strike and the Making of the Modern Bahamastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef0168e5bf42fe970c2012-01-18T10:15:55-05:002012-01-18T11:33:33-05:00by Larry Smith Last Friday marked the 54th anniversary of the 1958 general strike, one of the seminal events of the modern Bahamas. On January 13 of that year hundreds of public and private sector workers walked off their jobs,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/iDY0e4GMQ4A" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2012/01/the-1958-general-strike-and-the-making-of-the-modern-bahamas.htmlUnderstanding Bahamian Parliamentary Democracy—Part 1tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef0162ff581e3b970d2012-01-10T11:55:40-05:002012-01-10T11:55:40-05:00by Simon Today, 45 years to the day after the attainment of majority rule, there is chronic and widespread ignorance of our system of government and national constitution. Sadly, no longer surprisingly, so-called “informed” people in civil society, academia, business...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/CWJxRPE4CIE" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2012/01/understanding-bahamian-parliamentary-democracypart-1.htmlThe Right and Duty to Vote tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef01675fcb6bd4970b2012-01-01T08:17:44-05:002012-01-01T08:17:44-05:00by Simon Those Bahamians who take for granted our democracy and their right to vote with smug or shallow excuses for not registering or voting, might wish to read the cover story of the December 26 edition of Time Magazine...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/MPzJa8-gEBU" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2012/01/the-right-and-duty-to-vote-.htmlDig Up, Dig Uptag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef01543894d827970c2011-12-20T10:20:31-05:002011-12-28T07:53:54-05:00by Simon The once in a generation road transportation and road corridor programme is more than a decade old. The New Providence Road Improvement Project began in the 1990s but did not significantly progress from 2002 to 2007. Restarted under...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/Hh9YvBw4U-s" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2011/12/dig-up-dig-up.html