The permanent class divide
THE one thing pretty much all of us agree on is the importance of equal opportunity.
View ArticlePalin and the rejection of the scientific method
THE most recent episode in the long-running Punch and Judy show between Sarah Palin and Karl Rove is shedding light on the schism between old-school Republicans and the Tea Party insurgents who are...
View ArticleRescued Guam dog to the rescue
David Jay Morris is the former international news editor of the Variety. Some readers might remember that he and his wife, Lynette, rescued a large boonie dog named Leo from a life-threatening...
View ArticleChina as peacemaker
NUCLEAR escalation on the Korean Peninsula demands creative solutions.
View ArticleSocial Security as solution, not problem
SOCIAL Security is not the problem – it is the solution.
View ArticleHow North Korea can destroy the US
THE administration moves an advanced missile defense system to Guam because it knows a single low-yield nuke detonated at high altitude could send America back in time a hundred years.
View ArticleThe North Korean threat in an age of Pentagon cuts
IT MAY not feel like it, but we are closer to nuclear war than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
View ArticleIs America’s democracy broken?
WITH the release of the president’s budget, Washington has once again descended into partisan squabbling.
View ArticleETG island casinos to round out China offer
MACAU, China – Those ambling around the beaches of Samoa next year might expect the traditional scent of young taro leaves baked in coconut cream to waft from seaside shacks and instead be surprised to...
View ArticleHow to respond to a terrorist attack
THERE is no right way to react to a terrorist attack.
View ArticleNKorea is ruthless and desperate, but not crazy
Editor's Note: This commentary originally appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on April 28.NORTH Korea seems to be crazy, threatening to use recently acquired nuclear weapons against South Korea...
View ArticleThe lethal fog of war
THE Syrian government’s reported use of sarin in its war against rebel forces is ominous.
View ArticlePilotless planes, Pacific tensions
THIS week the Navy will launch an entirely autonomous combat drone – without a pilot on a joystick anywhere – off the deck of an aircraft carrier, the George H. W. Bush.
View ArticleGuam’s elected AG
Fighting with the governor isn’t a flaw; it’s a featureTHOSE who suggest that Guam should return to the “good old days,” when Guam’s Attorney General was appointed by the governor, forget a critical...
View ArticleMarshalls, FSM cannot show progress in education, health despite heavy dollar...
MAJURO – After 10 years of focusing Compact funding on health and education, neither the Marshall Islands nor the Federated States of Micronesia “can demonstrate progress toward health and education...
View ArticleTouched by an angel
FIVE years ago I wrote my column here to bid goodbye to my first love: journalism.
View ArticleTake the opportunity to end sequestration
CONGRESS and the president have an opportunity over the next two weeks to right a wrong enacted two years ago when they saddled the federal government with sequestration.
View ArticleTestimony on Bill 195-32
Editor's note: The following is testimony from Agat resident Tim Rohr submitted to Sen. Frank Aguon of the Guam Legislature about Bill 195-32, the Infant Child’s Right to Life Act. Due to its length,...
View ArticleTestimony on Bill 195-32
Editor's note: The following is testimony from Agat resident Tim Rohr submitted to Sen. Frank Aguon of the Guam Legislature about Bill 195-32, the Infant Child’s Right to Life Act. Due to its length,...
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