Category: Op-ed
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Virtue of the Week: Commitment
Commitment is caring deeply about something or someone. It is deciding carefully what you want to do, then giving 100 percent, holding…
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Source Manager’s Journal: The V.I. and the ‘Otherization’ of America
For decades now, conservative politicians have invoked “the American people,” referring to a group far more limited than one would think.
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Source Manager’s Journal: Visions
In many ways, the Virgin Islands has been spared the Reagan Republican “vision,” BUT …
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A Healthier Virgin Islands Begins Today
Commissioner of Health Mercedes K.C. Dullum, M.D., writes that we all have to take responsibility for our own health and be proactive…
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Elections Board Loses $250K in Available Federal Funds
The V.I. Board of Elections has left more than a quarter of a million dollars in federal funds sitting in Washington.
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One Reason Why V.I. Elections are So Expensive: Election Boards
One of the reasons for the “fiscal crisis” is the very presence of the two six-member boards of elections in the Virgin…
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Source Manager’s Journal: Where Do You Live?
We rarely think of where we live as the place that we work or go to school, even though we spend many…
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An Open Letter to the CEO and Board of the Gov. Juan F. Luis Medical Center
As a healthcare provider, former Acting Commissioner of Health and Medical Director of the then St. Croix Hospital, the fiscal plight of…
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Source Manager’s Journal: The Virgin Islands and 'The Big Picture'
Despite its vehement denials, the Republican Party is now the party of reaction, of white nationalism, of corporate power, of theocracy and…
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What a Strange Little GOP Election
The New York Times and the Washington Post reported that Mitt Romney won the Virgin Islands Republican caucus on Saturday, yet Ron…
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Climate Change and the U.S. Virgin Islands
The U.S. Virgin Islands and other islands in the Caribbean are vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
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That Alleged “Fiscal Crisis” at the V.I. Joint Board of Elections
Arlington, Virginia, has an election board that does exactly what the V.I. board does, except it does it every year, not every…
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Alpine Journal 2042
Source columnist Frank Schneiger looks into his crystal ball and finds a discouraging news item 30 years hence about the way the…
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V.I. Can't Afford Sideshows
The hardest time to really understand something is often while it is happening. The big messages are often obscured by “noise,” such…
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Rwanda Project 2012: A Call for Support
Source publisher and Rwanda Project co-founder Shaun Pennington gets out the word on helping to support the project by buying a raffle…
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New Naturalized Citizens Contribute Needed Fees to V.I. Government
If you multiply the number of naturalizations in 2011 by the fees one pays (and the V.I. government receives) the total is…
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Some Thoughts on Signatures Needed for Board of Elections Recalls
Mathematics are universal and I think it might be helpful to discuss the question of just how many signatures will be needed…
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Virtue of the Week: Purposefulness
Week beginning January 28/29: Purposefulness The Source is supporting the Virtues Project, an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities.…
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Waste-to-Energy is the Cleaner Alternative
The V.I. Energy Office fully supports the utilization of waste-to-energy technology as a component of the Virgin Islands’ energy portfolio. The conversion…
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Source Manager's Journal: Change? Oh No, We Can’t Do That!
In downtown St. Thomas, there is a shop with a T-shirt with a grimacing skull and crossbones and the message: TROUBLE IS…
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Virtue of the Week: Humility
The Source is supporting the Virtues Project, an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities. We are publishing the 52…
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Source Manager's Journal: Finding The Least Worst Outcome
Frank Schneiger considers the realist approach of the late French political theorist Raymond Aron to the V.I. fiscal crisis and asks: What…
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The Fiscal Crisis is Real
As an outside observer, I have watched the territory’s fiscal crisis with a growing sense of pessimism. That pessimism comes from a…
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Virtue of the Week: Tolerance
The Source is supporting the Virtues Project, an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities. This week’s virtue is tolerance.
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Alpine Energy Group Request Needs Greater Scrutiny
The League of Women Voters asks that the Legislature reconsider the Alpine Energy Group’s request to lease land to build a waste…
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Governor's Call to Action
Gov. John deJongh Jr. says that in the wake of tests showing sub-par scores for V.I. kids, we must all do better…
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The Price of Arrogance
The historian Herodotus said, “All arrogance will reap a harvest rich in tears." Can America’s—and the territory’s—day of reckoning be far off?
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Getting Involved During National Recycling Week
Jason Budsan asks citizens to join EAST and VICS in reducing, reusing and recycling the tons of recyclable material that can be…
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Source Manager's Journal: Impressions of St. Thomas – Some Little Things
Distance has the advantage of putting things into a bigger picture, making comparisons and of being able to see what has changed…
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Source Manager's Journal: Impressions on a Visit to St. Thomas – Some Big Things
Writing about a place from a distance has certain dangers. But distance also has the advantage of putting things into a bigger…