Mathematics are universal and I think it might be helpful to discuss the question of just how many signatures will be needed to put the proposed recall on the ballot.

Week beginning January 28/29: Purposefulness

The Source is supporting the Virtues Project, an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities. We are publishing the 52 virtues developed by the project every week for the next year. The Source takes no credit for anything other than providing a prominent place for these ideals to be seen and hopefully discussed and, more importantly, lived.

This week's virtue is purposefulness.

The V.I. Energy Office fully supports the utilization of waste-to-energy technology as a component of the Virgin Islands’ energy portfolio. The conversion of municipal solid waste to a usable fuel represents a commercially-proven, renewable source of energy and provides a desirable alternative to oil-burning generating units

In downtown St. Thomas, there is a shop with a T-shirt with a grimacing skull and crossbones and the message: TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS, AND BUSINESS IS GOOD.

The Source is supporting the Virtues Project, an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities. We are publishing the 52 virtues developed by the project every week. The Source takes no credit for anything other than providing a prominent place for these ideals to be seen and hopefully discussed and, more importantly, lived.

Frank Schneiger considers the realist approach of the late French political theorist Raymond Aron to the V.I. fiscal crisis and asks: What may be the least worst solution?

 As an outside observer, I have watched the territory’s fiscal crisis with a growing sense of pessimism.  That pessimism comes from a simple fact: I have seen this movie before, and, given the response of the Virgin Islands Senate, there is not going to be a happy ending.

 The Source is supporting the Virtues Project, an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities. This week's virtue is tolerance.

The League of Women Voters asks that the Legislature reconsider the Alpine Energy Group’s request to lease land to build a waste to energy facility.

Gov. John deJongh Jr. says that in the wake of tests showing sub-par scores for V.I. kids, we must all do better in our public schools: parents, school administrators, principals, teachers and, yes, politicians.