Anita Davis says that now that St. Thomas has a great new library, a major problem confronts it and the public: how do we deal with the gross understaffing and the lack of government involvement in making the new library a success?

 Jason Budsan of the Environmental Association St. Thomas-St. John wants the Legislature and the public to find ways to stop the dangerous proliferation of plastic bags and cigarette butts that can harm the V.I. waters and marine life.

 Sharon E. A. Hupprich remembers a dear friend, Jack Diehl.

Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital is struggling through a painful transition, like much of health care, and Frank Schneiger offers some guidance, underlined by the admonition to "change or die."

Reactionaries are a powerful and entrenched minority because of the intensity of their views and their willingness to act.

My two candidates for the greatest Americans of the past half-century are Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon Johnson.

 Dellia Holodenschi, founder and president of the Lucky Paws Foundation, asks that we care about a more humane St. Thomas and not allow a CZM permit to Coral World to build a dolphinarium.

Frank Schneiger weighs in on the dangers of unchallenged assumptions, particularly when it comes to GERS and pensions.

 Karl Callwood lists the ways in which aquariums aid and benefit dolphins while also educating the public about these mammals.

  David Morris, the director of the Etelman Observatory, tells about the successful year for the observatory and the great plans for next year.