Category: Op-ed
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Terrorists and Fundamentalists Agree on Nudity
This week columnist Jack Wilson notes that airport body scanners have finally created common ground between terrorists and religious fundamentalists, neither of…
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2010—The Second Decade of the 21st Century Begins
UVI history and political science professor Malik Sekou argues that the new decade demands an end to complacency. Says Sekou: "In 2010,…
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The Resurgence of Hope: "Welcome to Gulu"
Gloria Zakers, the Diploma Program Coordinator for the International Academy at V.I. Montessori School, speaks about the significance of “Welcome to Gulu,”…
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Facts on the Use of Petroleum Coke
In this editorial, WAPA Executive Director Hugo Hodge Jr. defends the use of petroleum coke for WAPA’s proposed waste-to-energy plants. Says Hodge: "WAPA…
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Bishop, You Can Go Home Again
Walking the sidewalks of Kingston, Jamaica with this man was an exercise in terror—not for me, but for the literally dozens of…
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Waste-to-Energy is the Only Sustainable, Long-Term Solution to Our Solid Waste Dilemma
The Executive Director of the V.I. Waste Management Authority argues that the Alpine projects combine proven technologies and 100 percent financing with no…
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WAPA Outlines Agreement Between Authority and Alpine
In the Authority’s continuing efforts to educate and inform the public on the facts and circumstances surrounding its Power Purchase Agreements with…
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Slavery Disclosure and the USVI Legislature
Shelley Moorhead of ACCRA advocates for existing and planned corporations in the Virgin Islands to research and disclose any slavery-era history, and…
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The Facts on WAPA's Agreements With Alpine
Water and Power Authority director Hugo V. Hodge Jr. pens the facts as WAPA sees it on the Alpine waste to energy…
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A Stained Glass Jesus
Jack Wilson writes that Christian theology has always insisted Jesus was fully human, but humanity is too messy for some; a stained…
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What Does Health Care Reform Mean for the Virgin Islands?
AARP urges residents to be supportive and vigilant, and to add their voices in support of the effort to fix America’s health…
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How My Mind Has Changed
A family legend has it that my first word was not “Mama” or “Daddy”; it was “Why?”
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The First 100 Days of David Hall
Univeristy of the Virgin Islands President David Hall shares his impressions after his first 100 days on the job and challenges the…
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Communion: Going to the Dogs
Columnist Jack Wilson addresses whether the blessing of animals is a light-hearted change of pace as a religious ceremony or a sacrilege.
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TheLatest Religious Fad: Spiritual But Not Religious
Jack Wilson says, like clothing styles, automobile tail fins, weight-loss diets and public school curricula, religion has its fads. The pendulum…
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A Different Kind of Fundamentalism?
Religious fundamentalism left a bad taste in Jack Wilson’s mouth growing up, but a visit to a neighborhood church gives him a…
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Statement on 2010 Executive Proposed Budget
The League of Women Voters of the Virgin Islands has reviewed and issued a report on the almost 600 page Executive Budget…
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St. John Could Become the Next Florida
The Virgin Islands Unity Day Group warns that the middle class is being squeezed out while the Virgin Islands government ignores the problems of…
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Health Care Should Be a Right Available to All Americans
Paul Simmonds, Ph.D., state president of AARP Virgin Islands, explains the organization’s positions on health care legislation, and he tries to dispel…
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On the Death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Cecile de Jongh writes, “there are very few individuals in the world who actually make a difference in the lives of millions…
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Environmental Group Wants St. Thomas Harbor Dredgings for St. Croix
Paul Chakroff explains why the St. Croix Environmental Association is in favor of taking the dredged spoils from St. Thomas Harbor and…
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Young Men Need to Be Somebody
To cut inroads into the appeal and spread of gangs we need to offer better outlets for young men to feel powerful…
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Time to Change the Debate
Whitman T. Browne argues this may be the time when Virgin Islands society can pause and place the "native" debate in proper…
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A Criminal Justice Crisis
St. Croix attorney Andrew Simpson warns that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a defendant has the right to confront those…
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The Family That Plays Together
After a major deja vu at a music festival, Jack Wilson says it’s making music as a family that forges a powerful…
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Burning The Small Fry, Ignoring The Sharks
Bill Kossler learns that sometimes even Bert Bryan has a point — such as the difference between the Chucky Hansens and Bernie…
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Burning The Small Fry, Ignoring The Sharks
Bill Kossler learns that sometimes even Bert Bryan has a point — such as the difference between the Chucky Hansens and Bernie…
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Source Manager's Journal: Organizational Heroes
In an ongoing series of columns, Frank Schneiger works to find solutions to the difficult organizational problems that affect government, most businesses…
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Another Dishonorable Honor for the Territory
The V.I. Lottery continues to operate at a loss, and longtime Source contributor David S. North wonders why the problem persists years…
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Creating Something Beautiful and Meaningful
Margarete Bagshaw reviews the work of Lynn Paccassi Berry, a sculptor and ceramicist, writing that she "has been given a gift of…