Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

The return of the Murkowski bill
I WAS told that Congressman George Miller will not be re-introducing his federal immigration measure, and will instead allow his fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate to resurrect the original “takeover” bill ...(See details)

Editorials
FINALLY, a light goes on in the attic and copper thieves are now going to be more constrained in their activities in the wake of the recent arrests of thieves caught in the act. But incidents of vandalism and purse...(See details)

Crystal ball observation
IT appears that Mr. Turbitt views the problems of the CNNI as a certainty according to his crystal ball observation of the anomaly of our situation. But his letter did not produce an iota of concrete suggestion..(.See details)

Wrong way
I CAN’T believe that after all the fuss with Tina’s letter, another member of the Legislature came out publicly to inform us that she has donated thousands of dollars of public funds. While I agree that the recipients...(.See details)

Dear Tina Sablan
I LOVE your letter! Let me know when you plan to run for governor, and I will rally for you. Do not worry; I do not wish to be a member of your cabinet, I just like your ideas. I will settle for being the mayor of Tinian. Yeah right! ...(.See details)

Long overdue
I USED to wonder why the indigenous call for sovereignty, for a long-overdue end to our colonial condition, has oftentimes been accompanied by gut-reactions that ask if we Natives would prefer to return to our alleged days of “savagery....(.See details)

Where a deal is never a deal
HISTORY, yet again, is overlooked, at a most critical CNMI juncture. Patently illogical rhetoric, with race-hate overtones, being a most unfortunate consequence. And proponents of this nonsense, anew ...(.See details)

A CNMI team
THE new CNMI women’s national soccer team is reportedly restricting membership to U.S. citizens. Recently, such restrictions were also imposed on participation in the Pacific Games....(.See details)

Idealistic and naïve
EVERY so often, an idealistic writer pops up and begins a discourse on reunification of the Mariana islands. I praise their idealism. But as a realist, I too was in 1963, idealistic and naive, and once thought...(.See details)

Deadwood in the Guam Legislature
THERE seems to be a lot of it floating around these past couple years. I will not be so tactless to name names, but there are a number of senators in our Legislature who seem to do little more than take up space...(.See details)

About federalization
I CAN’T help myself adding to some of the recent articles in the paper. Everyone has their own opinions and I would like to share mine also. For what it’s worth, sometimes hearing the truth hurts, but hey! ...(.See details)