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Merry Christmas!

December 23, 2022
Blessed LIVING in a democratic society is one of the greatest blessings known to humanity, but it is usually taken for granted by many of us who have not experienced authoritarian rule. In a democracy, we have the freedom to live our lives the way we want to live as long we don’t violate the law.  …
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | Unanswerables

December 19, 2022
THE most useless thing in the world is a ten-foot pole. There is nothing we would touch with one. If opposites attract, it would stand to reason that similar things repel, but they don’t.  If a person says, “I am going to be honest,” how should I take everything else they have said? They say there …
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Don’t hold your breath

December 16, 2022
Legislation and governance ACCORDING to one of its members, the incoming Legislature wants to “fix” the CNMI’s “problems.” Sure. After all, that’s the job they signed up for. But now that the election is over, they have to be more specific. Which of the CNMI’s problems are they referring to? And ho…
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Variations | Braver newer world (2)

December 16, 2022
EDUCATORS and parents should ask themselves: are we preparing our children for their world or ours? In his brilliant book, “Factfulness,” Hans Rosling noted that our knowledge is usually outdated, “often several decades old.” He said many people “had a worldview dated to the time when their teacher…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | Tromso and Saipan

December 12, 2022
IT is 3 in the afternoon here, they say 1500 because this town uses the 24-hour clock, also known as military time.  It is as dark as it was at midnight.  I am in Tromso, Norway, one of the northernmost cities in the world.  To get any closer to the North Pole I would need a boat.  We have entered …
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Not true

December 9, 2022
I HAVE heard a story told by a Saipanese that some Guamanians claim that the Chamorros of Saipan were responsible for the bombing and invasion of Guam. Not true. It is true that Chamorros and Carolinians of the Northern Marianas had taken jobs with the Japanese, working at Aslito Airfield. An uncle…
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