Category: Op-ed
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JOE AND MARILYN, AN ENCOUNTER
The story they always tell about Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe took place in 1954 when, shortly after they were married, Marilyn…
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THE VILLAGE MAY CLOSE; CAN WE AFFORD IT?
Untreated drug addicts cost us plenty in many obvious and not so obvious ways, writes Catherine Mills. Yet despite the high financial,…
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IT'S TIME TO GIVE HOSPITALS SOME MUSCLE
"Our hospitals need to be run by boards that are in partnership with the staff, and not beholden to what is, of…
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MEDIA WATCH
So what's new in the news media? Jean Etsinger, who is "the" journalism department at the University of the Virgin Islands, fills…
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A NEW FLAG FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
What does the Virgin Islands flag really have to do with the Virgin Islands, Frank J. Jordan wonders. And wouldn't the millennium…
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UNDERSTANDING WHAT SOCIAL WORKERS DO
Catherine Mills, who holds a master's degree in social work, notes that March has been set aside to honor social workers. But…
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A VI TERRITORIAL AIRLINE IS NECESSARY AND PRACTICAL
Ralph J. Blanchard, founder and CEO of U.S. Virgin Islands Airways Inc., responds to Robert Siefert's claim, in a recent article in…
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WHERE THE FLAKES FALL
Some island ways are inborn — others acquired says Josephy Lisowski, but,thankfully, either way they are remembered.
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HOMELESS NEED HELP; WE COULD GIVE IT
Being homeless is not easy in the "American Paradise," the United States Virgin Islands, despite the great weather, writes Catherine Mills. But…
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ADVERTISE THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
A St. Thomas engineering student says some people at his school in the states are naive about the existence of the U.S.…
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OUR POPULATION IS GRAYING
We hold public hearings each year on the needs of the elderly, notes Catherine L. Mills, but as a community we have…
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BARNACLE BUSINESS
Responsible merchants provide parking for their workers and patrons, writes Kirk Grybowski. At least, that's the way it's supposed to work –…
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CRICKET, ANYONE?
The old Nazareth emergency housing site would make a great cricket pitch, suggests Kirk Grybowski.
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CASTING STONES
"Society uses many threads in the weave of its fabric," writes Joseph Lisowski. "Some not as eye-catching as others. Some not as…
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POVERTY BREEDS HOPELESSNESS, CAN LIMIT LEARNING
Children who don't get proper nutrition during the brain's formative years score much lower on tests of vocabulary, reading comprehension, arithmetic and…
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GARBAGE, GARBAGE SQUARED, GARBAGE CUBED
"On St. John, a person’s unwanted 'stuff' is considered garbage, trash, rubbish, etc.," writes Kirk Grybowski. "But on St. Croix, St. John’s…
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CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE, PART 2
The combination of angry children who have no impulse control and low self-esteem with guns and knives is a lethal one. One…
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AN OUTSIDE CHILD
"There are many blessings in the land named for many saints," writes Joseph Lisowski, a former English professor at UVI. Sometimes those…
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Y2K: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
Because the government has procrastinated for so long, the territory's options for responding to the Y2K threat have narrowed severely, says Thomas…
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IDEAS FOR A MORE PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY
Change the tax structure, develop each island's economy individually, stop after-hours use of government cars — these are a few ideas put…
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OVER A BARREL
The Virgin Islands government and its Y2K problem is a classic example of being over a barrel, Frank Jordan observes. But the…
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POVERTY'S IMPACT ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN
We must collectively strive to persuade our teens to wait to have children until they have completed their education, writes Catherine L.…
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HOW TO RELIEVE STRESS
"Not too long ago, and not so far away, I came across what I thought was the most thoughtful and remarkable concept…
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WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR KIDS
The lack of comprehensive mental health services for children in the Virgin Islands is taking its toll not only on those children…
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THE CASE FOR COMPULSORY AUTO INSURANCE
Warner Bowers, senior vice-president of Guardian Insurance and former board member of the V.I. Insurance Association, explains and makes a case for…
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CONSUMER CAUGHT IN PHARMACISTS' DISPUTE
It appears the V.I. government is forcing the pharmacists to take third-party pay cards for medications, while the third-party payer is reimbursing…
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VIPD IS AIDING AND ABETTING BURGLARIES
Former V.I. Police Department Forensics Officer Alvin Hodge says a simple order could solve some of the territory's burglaries, but the order…
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CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE
Dilsa Capdeville, director of Kidscope, and Joyce Pruitt, administrative director, join forces to offer awareness of and solutions to the myriad of…
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LOOKING FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSITY? GROW ART
In addition to the great benefits of art as education, communication and spiritual recreation, it has tremendous potential for revitalizing an economically…
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THE HOUSE WE'VE BUILT IS OUT OF KILTER
Our children are in crisis because many of the adults in our community are also in crisis, writes Carol Henneman. And until…