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I WAS shocked to see in a recent poll here that some people think Trump did not get a fair trial in the New York prosecution for felony falsification of documents. Either the persons responding to the poll don’t have any idea of what constitutes a fair trial, don’t know the panoply of rights and pr…

THIS week let’s talk about a subject that is not as seemingly hopeless as the CNMI government’s financial condition. I’m referring to the education of our children in this era of smartphones — and earbuds. Recently, The Wall Street Journal featured Mitchell Rutherford, a high school biology teacher…

Jim Rayphand IT frustrates me, at my age and for someone who often acts like he knows it all, to consider just how much more I have yet to learn and how little time (relatively speaking) I have left to figure things out… about a lot of things, but certainly about human nature and the complexities o…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is the Republican Party on the mainland is about to nominate a convicted felon as their candidate for President, absolutely UNBELIEVABLE hypocrisy.  But it’s also ridiculous in the CNMI, as the Republicans here led by Ralph & Sixto convinced THEIR Repu…

Jose S. Dela Cruz OVER the past several years, the CNMI has suffered through several major crises: the Covid-19 pandemic, the destructive typhoons, the downfall and bankruptcy of the Saipan casino industry, and a paralyzed economy. All these events and crises have adversely affected our people, the…

BC Cook HALF of the people living on Pacific islands are under the age of 23.  The current generation of young people is the size of their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents combined.  That startling statistic must be contemplated if we are to avoid catastrophe.  A baby boom of such propo…