Category: Op-ed
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW FATHERS FIT IN?
Finishing his first year of teaching high school, Richard L. Brown has a test — for his students and everyone else –…
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LOTTERY DEFICIT UNHEARD OF … ELSEWHERE
Source contributor David North writes that no matter how badly managed, state and territorial lotteries never lose money, except in the Virgin…
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LOTTERY DEFICIT UNHEARD OF … ANYWHERE ELSE
Source contributor David North says that no matter how badly managed, state and territorial lotteries never lose money … except in the…
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LOTTERY DEFICIT UNHEARD OF … ANYWHERE ELSE
Source contributor David North says that no matter how badly managed, state and territorial lotteries never lose money … except in the…
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FORWARD MOTION IN THE MARINE COMMUNITY
Rik Van Rensselaer shares evidence that public/private partnering to work toward solving problems in the marine industries is working. And he calls…
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HOW TO GET THROUGH HOME INSURANCE CRISIS
The president of the V.I. Insurance Association says pushing for a federal windstorm insurance program is one of the best hopes Virgin…
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PLAN AHEAD FOR PROM YOU'LL WANT TO REMEMBER
Dr. Cora Christian has some suggestions on how teenagers and their elders can make sure prom night memories are filled with happiness,…
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V.I. PROBLEMS: SOME FUNDAMENTAL, SOME JUST BIG
A reader wrote to ask Source columnist Frank Schneiger for examples of specific V.I. government problems and "practicable" solutions. Here's his response.
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GARDEN STREET A BED OF THORNS THESE DAYS
Source viewpoint contributor Catherine Mills ponders the pitfalls for schoolchildren walking on Garden Street, and says something must be done — before…
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THE GATHERING CLOUDS
Source columnist Frank Schneiger says the rapid moral and fiscal decline of the Virgin Islands, thanks at least in part to its…
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IF VIEQUES ERUPTS, BLAME GOVERNOR CALDERON
Source columnist Frank Jordan says Puerto Rico Gov. Sila Calderon is to blame if there's new trouble on Vieques.
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IF VIEQUES ERUPTS, BLAME GOVERNOR CALDERON
Source columnist Frank Jordan says Puerto Rico Gov. Sila Calderon is to blame if there's new trouble on Vieques.
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IF VIEQUES ERUPTS, BLAME GOVERNOR CALDERON
Source columnist Frank Jordan says Puerto Rico Gov. Sila Calderon is to blame if there's new trouble on Vieques.
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HAS PROSSER'S PROWESS PEAKED?
Jeffrey's Prosser's remarkable fund-raising powers in Washington, D.C., may have peaked — but not before he secured more than half a billion…
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BARGE ISSUE IS INSTANCE OF UNWISE DIVISIVENESS
Source reader Gaylord A. Sprauve says the recent controversy between the U.S. and British Virgin Islands over a desalinization barge is one…
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BARGE ISSUE A REMINDER OF UNWISE DIVISIVENESS
Source reader Gaylord A. Sprauve says the recent controversy between the U.S. and British Virgin Islands over a desalinization barge is one…
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LIBRARY WEEK… LIBRARY WEAK
This is National Library Week. Do you know what the St. Thomas public library has to offer? Do you even know where…
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NO REASON TO WELCOME AFRICA'S MOMMY DEAREST'
St. John resident Richard Dey cites findings of the Amnesty Committee of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in arguing that the…
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WITHOUT ACTION OUR YOUTH HAVE A BLEAK FUTURE
Source columnist Frank Schneiger says slogans such as "the children/youth are our future" are worse than empty slogans if no action is…
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'FREE' FLIGHTS HURT THE V.I., NOT THE AIRLINES
St. Thomas-born aviation development consultant Ralph Blanchard cites statistics showing that the "average" airfare for tourists visiting the Virgin Islands is much…
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BERATING WON'T BRING DIVERSITY TO NEWS MEDIA
St. Croix business owner Carmelo Rivera, who for more than a decade produced and hosted a stateside TV show called "Hispanic Perspective,"…
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SHOULD SCHOOL BOARD HAVE ONLY ADVISORY POWER?
As the V.I. Board of Education is in the midst of holding town meetings on the three main islands, new member Malik…
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GROWING UP WITH DADDY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
A little over a year after his Daddy's death, St. Thomas fatherhood advocate Richard L. Brown reflects on what it means to…
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GROWING UP WITH DADDY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
A little over a year after his father's death, St. Thomas fatherhood advocate Richard L. Brown reflects on what it means to…
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ALL LABELS ASIDE, STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES
St. Croix Source reader Jackie Donellie takes issue with those quick to label non-native St. Croix residents as "stupid" and points out…
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ST. CROIX NEEDS A PLAN, AND IT NEEDS IT NOW
St. Croix Chamber of Commerce president Carmelo Rivera suggests ways in which this island could take control of its destiny — and…
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SCHNEIDER HOSPITAL: A BRIGHT SPOT OF PROGRESS
Eugene Woods' strong leadership in improving Roy L. Schneider Hospital carries important messages for all of the Virgin Islands, says Frank Schneiger.
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SCHNEIDER HOSPITAL: A BRIGHT SPOT OF PROGRESS
Eugene Woods' strong leadership in improving Roy L. Schneider Hospital carries important messages for all of the Virgin Islands, says Frank Schneiger.
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WHO DECIDES WHAT MAKES A GOOD FATHER?
According to Richard L. Brown, defining a good father isn't so easy.
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ROOM TAX HIKE HURTS FISCALLY, SYMBOLICALLY
Frank Schneiger says that every so often the V.I. government does something that produces a sense of nearly absolute hopelessness. The hotel…