Category: Op-ed
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Virtue of the Week: Caring
Caring is giving love and attention to people and things that matter to you. When you care about people, you help them.…
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A Remembrance of Capt. Charles F. Blair
I have an indelible remembrance of our first visit to the islands in 1977. For several years we had been coaxed by…
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Some Observations on Hovensa
Frank Schneiger points out that some senators voting against Gov. deJongh’s Hovensa deal were simply denying reality, leaving the people of St.…
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Asking for Flexibility Doesn’t Mean Education is 'Lowering its Standards'
The V.I. Board of Education proposed entering into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Education, which would allow hiring critically…
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Improving the Lives of People With Disabilities In the V.I.
Friday, July 26, marks an anniversary for legislation called the Americans with Disabilities Act. Work-Able Inc. joins other organizations and governmental agencies…
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Source Manager’s Journal: Trust
We lived in an age of trust. It all seems like ancient history. We now live in an age of mistrust. That…
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Why Virgin Islanders Should Be Concerned About Climate Change
Climate change is going to affect us all – from Alaska to St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas and, even, Water Island;…
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Source Manager’s Journal: Collateral Damage
Our country is entering a new age of collateral damage from social progress. and this time the victims are Americans. Many Virgin…
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Making Sure That KIDS Do COUNT in the U.S. Virgin Islands!
On Thursday, June 20th CFVI released our most recent KIDS COUNT report on the well-being of children in the Virgin Islands. Entitled…
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Virtue of the Week: Humility
Being humble is considering others as important as yourself. You are thoughtful of their needs and willing to be of service.
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Source Manager’s Journal: Big Issues, Big Thoughts
It has always been hard to find big ideas or big initiatives in the Virgin Islands. And I don’t think that the…
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Senator Myron D. Jackson’s Emancipation Day Speech Theme: “The Road to Emancipation”
Senator Myron D. Jackson has given the following Emancipation Day Speech, which recounts the history of the emancipation of slaves in the…
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Virtue of the Week: Creativity
Creativity is the power of imagination. It is discovering your own special talents. Dare to see things in new ways to solve…
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Time to Switch to LEDs?
LED technology has made great strides in the last three years. The light they offer is top notch now and their price…
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Government's Financial Challenges FY13 and 14
The governor addresses "what problems we face between now and the end of this fiscal year on Sept. 30 and what we…
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Source Manager’s Journal: ‘It’s Alive! It’s Alive!’
Remembering is one thing; obsessing and using the past as a club is something else again. In the Holy Land, even archeological…
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A Letter from Police Commissioner-designate Rodney F. Querrard Sr.
In recent days, two ranking law enforcement personnel were arrested and charged with serious crimes. These arrests were once again black eyes…
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Virtue of the Week: Loyalty
Loyalty is staying true to someone. It is standing up for something you believe in without wavering. It is being faithful to…
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Best Beginnings Conference Will Look for Causes, Solutions of Behavior Problems
Anyone who has raised, cared for, taught or otherwise worked with young children knows that their behaviors can at times be puzzling,…
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Interesting Tilt Towards ‘Belongers’ in BVI Land Transactions
One of the beauties of the Law Lords’ work is that it deals almost exclusively with British island matters, as its jurisdiction…
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Why Do We Trash Our Environment?
Don Buchanan writes "We all have biophilia; even those who live in fear of being called a ‘tree hugger.’”
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Kids Triathlon Offers Hope for St. Thomas's Children – and Adults
Events like the Rotary Sunrise Kids Triathlon shows that St. Thomas is ahead of the curve in developing parenting, character development, and…
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‘A Misguided Attack by Caribbean Ambassadors’
The governor responds to criticism of V.I. participation in the U.S. Rum Cover-Over Program. “I am proud of what we have done…
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Source Manager’s Journal: Social Distance
In the territory, social distance is truly social. People live in close proximity and interact with one another, but often without great…
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Revitalization Is Not an Armchair Activity
David A. Bornn, an attorney and the president of Downtown Revitalization Inc., asks for residents to get involved and says that the…
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Source Manager’s Journal: What Are Your Priorities?
This Manager’s Journal asks what’s most important for the territory to focus on during the next five years. Readers’ top priorities will…
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Source Manager’s Journal: We Need New Role Models
Start small, possibly by assigning cat consultants to key agencies, ordering low performers to take a cat home and watch it for…
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Source Manager’s Journal: Cold New World
Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital is struggling through a painful transition, like much of health care, and Frank Schneiger offers some guidance,…
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Source Manager’s Journal: Looking Back to Look Forward in an Age of Reaction
Reactionaries are a powerful and entrenched minority because of the intensity of their views and their willingness to act.
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Source Manager’s Journal: Martin Luther King Jr.
My two candidates for the greatest Americans of the past half-century are Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon Johnson.