`Nai pot dos besis i botadot Saipan ha punu` ma-establesen casino guine, hafa gi este na disision publiku ti makomprende ni membron lehislatura ni umapprueba disision kontra dinisehan i tautau? Klaru na tai respetu i lehislatura yan administrasion gi un` asuntu ni i publiku mismu...

Each time we shirk fiduciary responsibility on self-government the feds steps in and takes over. It fixes our mess on its own terms as we rant and rage with childish threats. But it’s one less scaffold in our laughable claim for stronger local self-government. Uncle Sam warned us...

Ha faisenyu` i amigo Magu haf` difirensiaña poble yan miserapble. Hu sañgane na todu i dos pot pinadese. I peble pot estau i prohimu gi monedaña. I kualidat linala`ña gi fondun pisun pineble i miserapble. Lau petsonat na disision i segundu. I sentimenton kada tautau lokue` guaha...

It was Good Friday as a rendition of The Prayer played softly from my laptop. I tried to steer clear of my normal critical analysis of issues, if only to calmly focus on my meditation. But there’s the troubling and lingering thought how we’ve messed these isles beyond...