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HOW does a single man raise two girls?  That question was put to me recently by a good friend who we can call Mike.  I smiled and looked back at him with an expression that showed I had no idea.  I am also trying to raise two girls, but I have the invaluable help of my wife.  Ever since he asked me…

STATISTICS, however “accurate,” can mislead us. This is among the main points of British economist and journalist Tim Harford’s very useful book, “The Data Detective.” For example, he says, the U.S. has a notoriously high infant mortality rate for a rich country: 6.1 deaths per thousand live births…

AS we conclude our discussion on solid waste management issues confronting the Marianas, I can’t help but be optimistic about how today’s generation is vocal about our problems with garbage and making a move to address these concerns. A recent video entitled “The World is Ours,” produced for Miss N…

PRESIDENT Biden said in his address that “Wall Street didn’t build America — Unions built America” and he was so right to a very large degree.  While there are no unions in the CNMI the Founders of the CNMI did want Unions or at least some form of a Union for our teachers which is why they put “col…

WHAT is it about the Pacific that lures scoundrels and drifters?  Is it the natural beauty, the innate goodwilled trustiness of the people?  Is it because there is nowhere left to run?  I think about all the Bully Hayes and Black Tom Tiltons that have come and gone, taking advantage of neighbors an…

THE National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea has issued the following statement to strongly express its extreme disappointment with the statements attributed to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte regarding the proper approach to Chinese intrusions into the Philippines’ EEZ and sovereig…

THE truth is complicated, as British journalist and economist Tim Harford reminds us in his new book, “Data Detective.” But for true believers — ideologues, partisans, religious fundamentalists, etc. — the truth is self-evident; like science which is “settled” and beyond argument. There is, however…

AS we continue our discussion about universal garbage collection or UGC, we should understand how the Marpi Landfill plays a role in this process. The Marpi Landfill is a 26-acre waste management facility with six cells of two and a half million cubic yards of airspace. A cell is where the trash is…

IN 100 days in office, and in keeping with our platform and pledge to the people of the Northern Mariana Islands, Democrat legislators have organized our committees in the House, introduced substantive legislation to uplift the lives of our people and create a more responsible government, and made …