Letters to the Editor

Over the last several years I have had the great good fortune to give historical tours of Tinian to a wide variety of visitors. They have invariably asked me to congratulate whomever is responsible for maintaining Tinian’s historic sites. Those accolades were particularly strong this last year, bec…

Enforce marijuana laws and kids are using synthetics like spice…. Outlaw kava and more people will drink alcohol…oh yeah…THAT’S legal…along with guns…great combo. Sooner or later we have to realize we cannot legislate all activities. We teach responsible behavior and deal wi…

If the Retirement Fund did not allow withdrawals and instead allowed us to loan against our contributions, it would have had  a longer life span. As for me, I would rather calculate how to give back everyone their money and start anew.  And for the retirees, I would loan some money to pay for their…

After the Iraq invasion and the subsequent fall-out from that war, the Bush administration abandoned its unilateral effort and opted to engage the remaining members of that axis — Iran and North Korea — on a multilateral basis. Fast forward to 2011 and into 2012, the post-Kim Jong Il era in North K…

If we can just create peaceful moments each day, we could improve ourselves instead of trying to outsmart and outperform one another. We can be better persons if we can make our enemies our closest friends. A change in heart is not a bad start. But self-discipline and an unconditional commitment to…

The definition of “strategic” is: militarily necessary for fighting a war, or essential to the military forces fighting a war. How is Guam necessary for fighting a war? How does having 10,000 soldiers on the island improve the strategic position of the U.S.? Unless hostilities break out on Guam the…

In order to address the many issues surrounding the Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund, the Senate created a Special Committee to work collaboratively with the NMI Retirement Fund, its Board, and the Commonwealth Retirement Association to create legislation that would better our Retirement Fu…

I realize and understand that what I have done was wrong and it brought shame to myself and my family. I didn’t really mean to do this but I was so desperate when I was jobless from 2006 to 2010, and now because of what I’ve done my life has been very hard and difficult. I am serving my seven years…

Is it worth the harm that is being done to a landowner and existing businesses? What is the worth that my landlord is Carolinian and my wife and I are U.S.? I have been in business in the CNMI for 22 years, through good and bad times. What is that worth? What is the worth of helping long-time busin…

• The Retirement Fund is not making money anymore and they are pulling out their money little by little from the stock market to put in the banks. • The retirees are being paid by our pension money and the Fund’s life span is dying faster than we know. • The Fund wants to save  itself through the r…