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Commander Zepkron’s grumpy old men

Thanks to a question from a Saipan Tribune reader I get to share some cool news with you. Last week I mentioned a NASA Mars mission. On the heels of that column came an e-mail asking if Mars is visible from Saipan. Answer: Yes. It’s not only easy to see, but this is a good...
Posted On Jul 13 2012 07:05
, By Ed Stephens Jr.

Amis du Peuple Syrien

Last week’s third meeting of the Friends of Syria hosted by France saw our Secretary of State Hillary Clinton take the conference podium and turn it into a Methodist pulpit, excoriating the lukewarm fence sitters among the more than a hundred country reps for not doing more to...
Posted On Jul 12 2012 06:09
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Oh, thank heaven for seven eleven

Dial that number and you might get lucky, we were told. Desperate as parents who wanted to know more about autism in the mid-’90s, we did, but we got the TRS that relayed calls for the deaf. “Oh Thank Heaven for Seven Eleven” was the slogan of the store where I, as Mr. Mom...
Posted On Jul 11 2012 05:30
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Black gold in South China Sea

It was at the LAX airport two years ago on our way to SFO from HNL that I noticed my seatmate in the waiting room reading a Chinese newspaper. I asked where in China he was from. He gave me a noticeably mean look and huffily declared: “I am not Chinese; I am...
Posted On Jul 10 2012 03:28
, By Jaime R. Vergara
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