From the monthly archives:

September 2008

Nobel judge: U.S. too ignorant to compete

30 September 2008

Now I’m not the biggest fan of the USA.  
Let’s put it another way:  I’m not a blind fan of the USA, and a lot of what the US thinks is great about itself I would question.
But never would I question the greatness of that nation.  
The arrogance of this Swede, though, is staggering.  
U.S. [...]

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Podcasting – Culture, Arts, and CARIFESTA Series Ep. 2

28 September 2008

The second episode is now live.
In it, I discuss the general history of CARIFESTA and consider ways in which hosting the festival might benefit The Bahamas.
Culture, Arts and CARIFESTA – Episode 2
 

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What we’re good at: Farming

27 September 2008

School teaches children such lies.
One such lie told when I was in school was that agriculture failed in The Bahamas.
Common sense back then should’ve told me that this wasn’t true. After all, people in my grandparents’ generation were feeding themselves well into my teens. My father’s mother hardly ever bought fresh fruit from [...]

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Presentation Zen: Is education killing creativity?

26 September 2008

Came across this:
our education systems (around the world) are outdated and mainly designed to meet the needs of industrialization. Sir Ken [Robinson] makes many good points — some you may not agree with — but he certainly is not saying that math and science should be taught or studied less, rather that music and the [...]

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Liberty – Decisive Moments

23 September 2008

I got this one thanks to Rick Lowe of Blog Bahamas. It’s worth a second link, I think.
Liberty – Decisive Moments
What you make of a picture shows who you are, not just what the photograph depicts. Yet photographs do have an effect, as Lange suggested, in teaching people how to see. Admittedly, this may [...]

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Nassau in the 1950s

23 September 2008

A tourist trap already. Check out this promotional film from Pan Am:

Comments are welcome.

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Podcasting – Culture, Arts, and CARIFESTA Series

22 September 2008

This is something new that I want to try to develop — a series of podcasts that discuss arts and culture in The Bahamas, particularly in relation to CARIFESTA. It’s in the experimental mode right now. The first episode is done, and can be listened to online, but I’m still working out the [...]

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A Balanced Moral Framework – Front Porch

22 September 2008

Over on Bahama Pundit, where I used to post when I was writing Essays on Life (hiatus almost over), the mind behind Front Porch has written on the need for a more nuanced morality when discussing Bahamian issues. Hear, hear. For those who haven’t read it yet, here’s a sample:
Genuine insight requires context. Its companions include [...]

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The Role of the Writer in Society

21 September 2008

On Thursday past, the organizers of the Bahamas International Literary Festival (BILF), a new-brand entity, so new it don’t even have itself a webspace yet, held a literary forum that served as a precursor to the festival. Six Bahamian writers were invited to present on the topic The Role of the Writer in Society. I was [...]

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CARIFESTA X – An Alternative to the same old, same old

19 September 2008

wonder of the world: CARIFESTA X – An Alternative to the same old, same old
The Bookman, a blog from Trinidad and Tobago, muses on art, CARIFESTA, and society.  It’s not coincidental, I think, that this week I’ve been to two talks already about the same thing:  one on Wednesday at PopOp Studios about CARIFESTA XI [...]

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