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BC Cook “EVEN after all these years it is clear in my mind, like it happened yesterday. It was the most important day of my life.” Most veterans have echoed these words. Sometimes that day becomes not only their most important, but the most important for many others, sometimes an entire nation. Can…

A banner on a tractor reads “You are feeding others and you want to chase us away” as German farmers protest against the cut of vehicle tax subsidies in Berlin, Germany on Jan. 8, 2024.  “His vast capacity for illusion, his powerful thirst for the not true….” — H.L. Mencken, describing the “common …

THE Northern Marianas Humanities Council is proud to celebrate Black History Month in the spirit of inafa’måolik and tipiyeew. This celebration honors the pivotal role that Black Americans have played in shaping a more equitable and just society. The sacrifices made by the Black community hav…

Rosemari Embile AS “Heart Month” unfolds, I am reminded of our decade-long marriage and how love is a journey beyond mere happiness. True contentment is found in sharing growth experiences, empathy, and healing. Our journey began as a long-distance relationship, filled with excitement and anticipat…

BC Cook THE following story comes to you through the research efforts of Blake Stilwell of military.com/. Charles Jackson French was born in 1919 and raised in Arkansas but was orphaned as a teen and sent to live with family in Nebraska. In 1937, he joined the Navy as a mess attendant, one of the f…

Ambrose Bennett THE TRUTH is the author of the letter to the editor about Rep. Propst and I have something in common, as neither one of us can get our leaders to listen, thus Me TOO! But to assert Rep. Propst is in a position to address and fix all the issues he listed was ridiculous and a pathetic…

LAST week, the House Committee on Public Utilities, Transportation and Communications conducted a public hearing on House Bill 23-92, which would amend the net metering law or P.L. 18-62, which, in turn, amended a previous net metering law, which amended the original net metering law, which was pas…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE TRUTH of the matter is Black History Month was established for good reasons, as the African-Americans of America were the only race to face slavery in America.  The founders of America may have founded our nation but it was Africans and their descendants who FOUNDED and estab…

BC Cook WE finish the incredible story of Jorge Cristobal, a Chamorro from Guam who fought in the Pacific War.  We pick up his account in the summer of 1944, just as he landed with the Marines on Guam, hoping to find his family: “I went in on the third wave landing at Asan Beach and I was right the…

A sonar image — reflecting varying levels of brightness — of the airplane-shaped object resting 5,000 meters underwater about 100 miles from Howland Island. THE Wall Street Journal first reported it on Friday last week. “Is This Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane?” the Journal asked. By Tuesday, at l…