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IT should be alarming to hear a public figure — a former lawmaker no less — complain that the profits of foreign investors “leave the island.” It is an economically unsound notion, tied to the similarly widespread and fallacious belief that money is wealth. According to economist Thomas Sowell, the…

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is “too much conservatism is the main reason locals leave for a better life,” as the majority of People in the CNMI have demonstrated time & time again that they prefer the “conservative party of Republicans,” when by the very meaning of conservatism is “NOT to Chan…

BC Cook SINCE I spend a lot of time traveling for work, many people ask for advice on smooth, efficient travel.  I put together a few things I learned along the way and hope you benefit from some of them. When packing, less is more. One of the most common mistakes made by those who are new to trave…

“The great conundrum of our times is the phenomenal inability of our politicians to produce any useful outcome from the billions we hand them.”                                                                    — Holman W. Jenkins Jr. THE Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek calls it “the …

Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is the CNMI is a highly religious society that use the phrase “what we have done & failed to do” in a serious “confession” to God. However, this very serious morality-ideal goes far beyond the sanctity of religion & our personal life to include the “good & e…