Bahama Pundit tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-216394 2010-07-29T15:31:27-04:00 A selection of weekly articles by top Bahamian commentators. TypePad BahamaPundithttp://feedburner.google.com Peter Nygard Embroils Lyford Cay in Controversy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef013485d74d30970c 2010-07-29T15:31:27-04:00 2010-07-29T15:32:09-04:00 by Larry Smith A bitter dispute that has been simmering below the surface for years finally exploded this week when police raided the Lyford Cay home of billionaire American financier Louis Bacon, 52, apparently based on a complaint from his... las Power Struggle on Abaco a Reflection of Larger National Issues tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef0133f29d2625970b 2010-07-27T18:59:29-04:00 2010-07-28T07:35:03-04:00 by Larry Smith BEC is more than a dirty word on Abaco these days. For months during the busiest and hottest season of the year, the state-owned utility has been unable to provide steady power for the country's third largest... las Sun, Sand and Sea tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef0133f2901494970b 2010-07-26T10:23:05-04:00 2010-07-26T10:23:05-04:00 by Simon Along with our strategic location and stability, The Bahamas is a generally prosperous country because of the sun, sand and sea on which our tourism industry is built. It still amazes that many who should know better, including... las Newspaper Pioneer's Legacy on Lee Stocking Island in the Exumas tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef0133f26cf04c970b 2010-07-20T16:35:08-04:00 2010-07-20T16:35:08-04:00 by Larry Smith In 1963, the Twilight Zone ran an episode called the Printer's Devil. It told the story of a publisher who, when his linoptype operator quit, had to strike a deal with the devil to save his newspaper.... las The Great Mayaguana Land Give-Away! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef01348589f5a4970c 2010-07-19T11:18:47-04:00 2010-07-19T11:18:47-04:00 by Simon The contribution to the 2010/11 budget debate by the Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate was one of the more egregious examples of neo-colonial claptrap by a Bahamian political figure in the nearly four decades after independence.... las Civic Education tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c3cad53ef013485675ff0970c 2010-07-13T12:49:02-04:00 2010-07-13T12:49:02-04:00 by SimonFrom 1997 to 2000, one of the leading medical research universities in the United States hosted a novel project dedicated to a pair of perennial values critical to the ongoing renewal of our commonweal. Under the leadership of Professor... las