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“NO good deed goes unpunished.” This idiom conveys the idea even when we do something with the best of intentions, it doesn’t always guarantee that the outcome will be positive. Despite initial efforts to do good the recipients of the good intentions may find themselves facing unanticipated challen…

BC Cook FROM swimming to snorkeling to scuba diving, the Pacific gives us many opportunities to enjoy the creation around us.  However, we must pay attention to the dangers.  We do well to maintain a healthy respect for the creatures that may do us harm, even if they don’t intend to.  When we think…

Ambrose Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is WE (the CNMI) has just missed millions AGAIN on the most important day of the year for marijuana users world-wide.  4/20 came & left AGAIN with the CNMI failing to have any activity or event to recognize this all-important day. 4/20 is recognized aroun…

BORN almost 100 years ago, Russell Baker, the late New York Times columnist, belonged to the “greatest generation.” So-called because its members were, well, the greatest. They lived through the post-World War I years, the Great Depression, and World War II during which they fought. They were known…

Ambrose Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is WE should be thankful as a people for China’s Court who has decided the future of IPI for us, as it seems there is always another Government beyond our own that continues to decide our fate. This time it was China with the Casino and soon to be China again…

AS we come together to celebrate Earth Day this year 2024, we must focus on one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This massive pile of floating waste, located between California and Hawaii, is not just a collection of garbage; it’s a stark…

BC Cook ALAIN Gerbault sailed around the world a hundred years ago.  After serving in the French air force in First World War and watching all his friends die around him, he grew disillusioned with civilization and took to the sea. Fortunately for us, he kept meticulous logs and wrote about his exp…

HERE’S my take on some of the startling assertions — set in italics — that were made by the governor in his FY 2025 budget transmittal letter. As mandated by the Constitution, the budget submitted herein is balanced such that the total amount of proposed expenditures does not exceed the total estim…