Editorial

Picture This: Politician Can't Complain When in the Public Eye

John Baur — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:18:03 -0400

Adelbert Bryan doesn't like having his picture taken. But as a public official performing his duties at a public meeting, he really has no room to complain about being in the public eye.

Whining in Paradise

BillCurry — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:28:05 -0400

Faced with the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, it's time for each and every one of us to stop whining and pay up.

The Strange Economics of the Prosser Bankruptcy

BillCurry — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:19:30 -0400

If you despair over the economics of the U.S. budget, you will find them refreshingly rational compared to the ongoing saga of the Prosser bankruptcy case.

Take a Stand Against Senseless Violence ... Now!

BillCurry — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:33:11 -0400

Although our hearts are broken tonight by the loss of another innocent child through the insanity of wanton gunplay, we cannot afford to be numb over this.

Small Intrusions Lead to Large Ones

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:36:31 -0400

If we don’t learn to consider how our behavior impacts those around us, we are doomed – at best – to lives that lack peace.

Time to Stop the Carnival

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:34:48 -0400

I am personally very proud to have a governor who didn’t embarrass the people of the Virgin Islands by passing along the severely flawed draft constitution hammered out in the carnival atmosphere created by a small group of die-hard disrupters.

Dead Being in the Middle of Road

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:13:28 -0400

While bicycling this morning, my husband and a companion came upon a severely injured, apparently stray dog lying in the road. Whoever left her there broke the law; but there's more to it than just that.

Education? Carnival? Why Can’t We Have Both?

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:43:20 -0400

Cranford High School seniors in the 60s had a tradition of skipping school on a certain day in June every year. On that day classrooms were lonely places for those whose parents forbade them to participate in the annual final act of defiance and celebration before going on to the "real" world.

My Hometown -- Binghamton – Will Never Be the Same

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:54:10 -0400

I was born and spent the first 13 or so years of my life in Binghamton, New York. Terrorism brought about by the stupefying availability of guns in our country has forever changed my childhood memories of that little city in New York's Southern Tier.

We are Not Serious; We are Not Correct

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:29:33 -0400

A few delegates are making a mockery of the Constitutional Convention process.

Misplaced Power: Time to Rein in Taxi Drivers

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:13:59 -0400

For too long taxi drivers, who are routinely rude to tourists and who are even heard telling lies to visitors to the island of St. Thomas, have held back progress on our water-surrounded island.

Heroes in our Midst

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:06:33 -0400

We must commend the courage and dignity of the young person who saved Max from further abuse by releasing the abused dog from captivity and seeing that the helpless canine lived.

Now is Not the Time for PSC to Take a Stand on Vitelco

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:39:45 -0400

The Public Services Commission should have played hardball with Vitelco during the Prosser years, but now it needs to avoid driving away buyers that could finally give the territory a functional phone company.

President Obama: Reason to Hope

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:37:15 -0400

In the election of Barack Obama to the highest office in our nation, we have reason to hope we can regain peace, fiscal responsibility, political integrity and world-wide respect.

Ask Senators who are Railing Against Diageo, ‘What Have You Done for Me Lately’

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:54:34 -0400

Once again we run the risk of losing a business deal that would be good for the territory because some among us need to grandstand at the expense of the rest of us.

WMA Must Face Off with Pigs to Do What's Fair for the Rest of Us

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:47:39 -0400

While we don't feel the current solution is the right answer, we do feel the Waste Management Authority has done its level best to come up with a funding solution for our island waste-elimination needs. But it simply isn't fair.

Divisiveness Drags Down Our Education System

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:59:27 -0400

If our senators really wanted to see our children prepared for something other than entry-level jobs, it seems they would also support change.

Who do Senators Answer to, and Who do They Respect?

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:45:26 -0400

If more than two-thirds of the Virgin Islands' elected representatives in the Senate feel no responsibility to their constituents, whose opinions do they consider?

Senators Need to do the Right Thing – Set Aside Politics for Progress

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:54:49 -0400

That our children should be allowed to languish in the quagmire of our failed school system because of the skin color or origins of the person chosen to salvage it should be outrageously unacceptable to the parents, children and citizens of this territory.

Audience Behavior at Reichhold Embarrassing

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:10:08 -0400

We commend the Reichhold Center for the Arts for choosing to bring Shakespeare to their stage Saturday night. The Aquila Theater Company's performance of "Julius Casesar" was sterling –– when you could actually hear it.