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Jun
24
On Development
June 24, 2004 | Leave a Comment
We are living in an exciting time.
The government of The Bahamas is bruiting about some of the most radical ideas since the ideas of majority rule and independence. We’re talking about land reform, for one thing, about the reconceptualization of the city of Nassau for another. Whole islands are being surveyed for long-term [...]
Jun
17
On Imagination
June 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Last weekend I had the pleasure of going to see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Now I’m a fan in general of Harry Potter; I’ve read all the books, and now I’ve seen all the movies. The fact that he’s a wizard doesn’t bother me in the least. I don’t [...]
Jun
9
On Government
June 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Let me ask you a question. When you hear the words Civil Service, what comes to mind?
You don’t need to answer that. I’m not going to, beyond suggesting that what comes to my mind is something similar to the old American joke about Army Intelligence. What I want to talk about today [...]
Jun
2
On Paradise
June 2, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Last week I wrote about fact and fiction, raising the question of how we know what’s real and what’s not, what’s fact and what’s fancy, and how much we rely on books to form our “knowledge” about the world.
This week’s article stems from that, but takes it in a different direction.
This week I [...]