Bahama Pundittag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2163942013-05-10T12:58:28-04:00A selection of weekly articles by top Bahamian commentators.TypePadBahamaPundithttp://feedburner.google.comSeven Major Blunders of the PLP Since May 7 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef01901c07cec8970b2013-05-10T12:58:28-04:002013-05-10T12:58:28-04:00by Simon It is good to give thanks. Thus did the PLP brass gather in church Sunday past to celebrate the first anniversary of its election to office last May. Verily, the PLP might have also invoked the patron saints...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/w0jntsYb60o" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2013/05/seven-major-blunders-of-the-plp-since-may-7-.htmlImmigration Policy and Political Propaganda in the Bahamastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef017eeae77a0b970d2013-05-07T17:40:06-04:002013-05-07T17:46:51-04:00by Larry Smith The recent controversy over Immigration policy is clear evidence of the inability of Bahamian governments to rationally tackle the core issues that hold our economy back. As Franklyn Wilson noted, the country's overall approach to immigration was...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/v5KouxSOiOI" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2013/05/immigration-policy-and-political-propaganda-in-the-bahamas.htmlThe Once and Future Community of Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islandstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef017eeab41e5d970d2013-04-30T10:50:19-04:002013-04-30T10:52:51-04:00by Larry Smith GREAT HARBOUR CAY, the Berry Islands -- "I call it the knowing. I know what's going to happen," 58-year-old Craig Wells confided to me from beneath a raggedy straw hat at the dilapidated beach bar here, just...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/qTMa2i_ka4o" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2013/04/the-once-and-future-island-of-great-harbour-cay.htmlAfter Christie & Ingraham tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef017eea9e56d8970d2013-04-27T09:27:19-04:002013-04-27T09:27:19-04:00by Simon The extensive commentary on the legacy of former UK Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher highlights the nature of political leadership. It is especially worthwhile to consider Lady Thatcher’s triumphs and failures in the context of the transition of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/S_Bo3_Nc7C4" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2013/04/after-christie-ingraham-.htmlLighthouse Point and the History of South Eleutheratag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef017d43150307970c2013-04-24T15:09:43-04:002013-04-24T15:09:43-04:00by Larry Smith ROCK SOUND, Eleuthera -- Other than sun, sand and sea, South Eleuthera's attractions are modest - a landlocked ocean hole where you can feed the snappers, an 87-year-old fig tree spreading along the highway, and an historic...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/4D8pVNCJA4w" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2013/04/lighthouse-point-and-the-history-of-south-eleuthera.htmlBelize Court Voids Oil Concessions Protested by Environmentalists tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef017c38b21ba6970b2013-04-17T12:20:39-04:002013-04-17T14:52:15-04:00by Larry Smith BELMOPAN, Belize -- In a historic ruling here Wednesday (April 16), the Supreme Court nullified offshore oil exploration licenses issued by the government in 2004 and 2007, and extended in 2009. The concessions were awarded secretly by...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BahamaPundit/~4/4ud8F-y1FkA" height="1" width="1"/>lashttp://www.bahamapundit.com/2013/04/belize-court-voids-oil-concessions-protested-by-environmentalists-.html