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I WOKE up this morning to the gentle swaying of Adaline, a graceful old girl who knows how to take of her family.  The sky was cloudy grey and the chill in the air reminded me that we were still in the grip of early spring.  Coffee became my priority.  I spent the night slumbering in her warm embra…

AN American writer and former editor of The American Scholar, Joseph Epstein says he has never lost a political argument; but, he adds, neither has he won one. Tim Harford, in his latest book, “Data Detective,” mentioned a study published in 2006 by two political scientists, Charles Taber and Milto…

TOGETHER, We Can. This mantra reminds us how we can turn things around for our islands and our people with or without the Covid-19 pandemic. Groups that are on board with the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers’ Public Private Partnership campaign are proof of how collaborative efforts can help…

SYDNEY (devpolicy.org/Pacnews) — With one of the smallest populations in the world (12,581 in 2019), Nauru is perhaps best known for its riches to rags history, which Helen Hughes shed light on in a 2004 article. Things looked bleak then, but Nauru has since reverted from rags to riches. In constan…

“TAKE no heed of the persuasion of the white medicine-man and his friends!  For their wickedness they have been cast out from their own land and now they restlessly wander about the ocean seeking whom they may enslave.” With those words, war was declared on the island of Pingalap, but not the usual…

BRITISH economist, author, journalist and Oxford alumnus Tim Harford  writes a column for the Financial Times, a newspaper that endorsed Obama, Hillary and Biden in U.S. presidential elections. His column is also syndicated in Slate, a left-leaning online magazine. He has appeared on the Colbert Re…

RECENTLY, the Philippine Coast Guard reported that around 220 Chinese fishing vessels believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel were moored in line formation at the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun Reef). Philippine Secretary of National Defense  Delfin Lorenzana said, “We call on the …

THE colorful concrete benches and tables along Beach Road were a hit for families that hosted their Easter Sunday celebrations last weekend. I am certain that beach parks and pavilions around the islands were put to good use for family gatherings and Easter Egg hunts. For many years, the benches an…

IT’S Just OUT in the news as the Sun continues to rise on the new House of Representatives as they are trying to address old and new issues facing the People and our Commonwealth based on the “facts & truths” that have transpired. However, as they try to “defend & protect” the People’s mone…

THE human family stood still last week as the container ship Ever Given plugged up the Suez Canal in Egypt. It is estimated that the delay cost the world over one billion dollars per day as hundreds of vessels carrying everything from oil to basketballs sat idle, waiting their turn to transit the w…