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May
30
A brief note
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’m travelling this weekend (Cat Island Rake-n-Scrape, yeah!) and so will be offline for four days. Given the issues with the theme, please be patient. I’ll try and fix it so you don’t get a blank page when the default is reverted to by the blog, but just in case you do get [...]
May
24
On Why Race Matters
May 24, 2007 | 8 Comments
It doesn’t. Really.
And if you believe that, I have a couple of bridges to sell you.
I’ve written about race before, from two different perspectives. The first time I wanted to write about why race didn’t matter — about how all people are fundamentally human alike, and how the concept of “race” is an [...]
May
23
Opening of the House of Assembly
May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
This happened today, and it was a great event. What was even more great was the coverage offered by ZNS — congratulations to Carlton Smith and his guests in the analysis provided by their commentary.
I was going to write about my response to the Speech from the Throne, but I’ve changed my mind. [...]
May
22
Theme challenges continue
May 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’m still challenged with making the theme stay constant. Result? I’m trying another theme instead.
Forgive the inconsistency. I hope that a fix will be discovered.
Cheers.
edit: No change — the theme problems continue. So back to the standard theme.
May
15
On Personality Cults
May 15, 2007 | 1 Comment
There has been much talk over the past three months in the media and over the airwaves about the differences between two men, men who, at their best are two parts of a whole. Much of the bottom line of the 2007 election rhetoric was fastened on to one thing and one thing only: [...]
May
10
The Purpose of Art, Anthropologically
May 10, 2007 | 1 Comment
Over on Bahama Pundit, Larry Smith (in a comment on his latest post) raises the question of Bahamian satire.
Satire, of course, as in all ex-slave societies, is a core element of our culture. That we don’t seem to know this as a people raises serious questions about the role of art in the Bahamian [...]
May
7
On Victory
May 7, 2007 | 6 Comments
Let me start by congratulating the Bahamian electorate on its victory at the polls.
Before the election took place, I had written a very different article. The bones of it are posted elsewhere; I was thoroughly disappointed in the campaign, and I thought this was going to be an awful election. An interesting election, [...]
May
6
Spin
May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment
What we are missing in The Bahamas, it would seem, is the ability to lose, or win, competition well.
Here’s what the new Prime Minister has to say about the elections and their results.
Now Perry Christie tells his supporters that he has some reports of election irregularities that his legal team will investigate.
We heard the reports [...]
May
5
Update on election results - final numbers
May 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Votes Cast
Total Registered Voters: 150743
Total Votes Cast: 137578
Percentage: 91.27%
Popular Vote by Party
BDM 1186 0.86%
IND 3208 2.33%
PLP 64684 47.02%
FNM 68500 49.79%
Difference: 3816 2.77%
Total Seats
FNM 23 56.1%
PLP 18 [...]
May
4
More Election Results
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
A most fabulous site, just online:
http://www.bahamaselectionmap.com/
A most useful resource.
Of course, it would have been even more useful if it had been made available before the election — then people would have had some idea about where they were situated and what their constituency looked like. But it’s good to have it now, for analysis [...]