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At the heart of it: the economy

August 8, 2025
Left hand, say hello to right hand IN May 2025, the late Gov. Arnold I. Palacios said he had tasked the Office of Planning and Development to push a federally funded CNMI economic recovery study. The goal was to provide “a comprehensive strategy to guide the CNMI toward long-term economic recovery,…
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Variations ǀ Politics and arithmetic

August 8, 2025
“What happens if fully rational politicians compete for the support of irrational voters — specifically, voters with irrational beliefs about the effects of various policies?” ― Bryan Caplan, “The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies” HERE’S what we should notice during e…
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OPINION ǀ Truth 132: TRUE to the Game & Gambling!

August 7, 2025
Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is, “if you are TRUE to the Game, the Game will be TRUE to You, as WE say in my culture which applies to any competitive sport and even the competitions in OUR political arenas. Senator Babauta is RIGHT that “if she does the RIGHT Thing FOR the People, even being alone,…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific ǀ The Genius of the Proa

August 4, 2025
BC Cook IF one needed a boat capable of carrying them across the ocean with great speed and safety, you could hardly do better than a proa.  An outrigger sailing canoe, the oddly shaped proa is actually the perfect shape, considering the building materials and tools islanders had to work with, and …
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A humble path to public service (1)

August 4, 2025
GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios’ path to public service was shaped by an intellectual tradition of shared beliefs — what one might call a “school of thought” — a time-honored way of thinking. He firmly believed in the fundamental role of government: to serve all its citizens equally by accessing and us…
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Variations ǀ Masters of their own path

August 1, 2025
AFTER covering, reading, studying, thinking, and writing about politics for the past 30 years, I now look forward to a non-election year — a time that used to be about everything else except the next election. This year, however, the “non-election” period lasted only about five months. Over a year …
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Such is the case

August 1, 2025
Fingers crossed ELECTED officials who believe that to govern is to tax and spend should ensure there is an economy capable of generating the taxes they wish to spend. They cannot take the existence of that economy for granted. They cannot skip Step 1 (economic growth) and go straight to Steps 2 and…
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Public tribute in honor of the late Gov. Arnold I. Palacios

July 30, 2025
IT is with deep sorrow and heartfelt respect that I join the people of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in mourning the passing of the Honorable Governor Arnold I. Palacios. His departure marks the end of a remarkable chapter in our island’s history, a chapter defined by unwavering …
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