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Peter Hallward, “Securing Disaster in Haiti”

25 January 2010

Well worth reposting, reading, and savouring in days to come. Sobering commentary indeed.
Nine days after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, it’s now clear that the initial phase of the U.S.-led relief operation has conformed to the three fundamental tendencies that have shaped the more general course of the island’s recent [...]

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Ward’s take on the local film industry

21 August 2009
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I’m really taken by Ward Minnis’ series of blog posts on the viability of Bahamian art, and I’ve linked to them on this blog and I’ll link to them again. He’s developing a number of such posts (more power to him!) and they are very interesting reading. If you’re at all interested in entrepreneurship, in [...]

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On Culture, CARIFESTA, and the Bahamian Economy, Part I

17 April 2009

It came to my attention last month that our government was planning to postpone, once again, the hosting of the Caribbean Festival of Arts, if it had not yet done so. Announcements to that effect would be made very soon, I was told. The fact that such announcements have not yet been made may make [...]

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Fear: 4 packs, 10 oz. each

7 April 2009

Fear is the name of an art exhibition mounted and curated in Canada, but produced in Trinidad and Tobago. It’s the work of Christopher Cozier, whose bio notes that he is
an artist and writer living and working in Trinidad [who] has participated in a number of exhibitions focused upon contemporary art in the Caribbean and [...]

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Microwave not recommended to bake a quality bread product

13 June 2008

I’m baking a frozen roll of French bread for breakfast.  That’s what it said on the package.
Know this.  As long as I’m awake, little things run through my head, rather like the ticker tape display you see at stock markets.  Little communications from my subconscious flash across my conscious mind and distract me from what [...]

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Budget

9 June 2008

The Bahamas’ budget debate is taking place now.  As a civil servant, I am not free to comment as I would like.  So I’ll just ask questions instead.
I am listening to the debate, and the rhetoric is impressive.  But what is the reality?  Is this budget really preparing us for the 21st century?  Do we [...]

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Our Heterogeneous World

26 May 2008

… and if you don’t know what that long word up there means, go look it up.
I was reading Shashwati’s Blog this morning.  It’s been a long time since I’ve checked her stuff out, which doesn’t mean that I don’t value what she says, but rather that I really have not had the kind of [...]

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Hell thaws again

29 March 2008

Hat tip to Rick Lowe, for linking to this blog.
Since our brief moment of harmony, though, I think we’re going to part ways again. Here’s why hell couldn’t have stayed frozen for long.
I’m a great big fan of The Wire — the TV show about the Baltimore streets that’s set up to be the [...]

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