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Supernovae and cheeseburgers

Today we veer 10 time zones west of Saipan. A science story came out of London on Jan. 21, when some astronomy students and their mentor discovered, quite by chance, a supernova within a galaxy called M82. The University College London students, Ben Cooke, Tom Wright, Matthew...
Posted On Feb 07 2014 09:42
, By Ed Stephens Jr.

Laboratory of economic freedom

The CNMI is a sleepy laboratory of economic freedom. It could easily lift itself out of the deepening economic mess if and, only if, it works up the resolve to do something to begin a new path to growth. The sail is already flapping in the wind. Our canoe is sail-ready. It only...
Posted On Feb 07 2014 09:04
, By John S. Del Rosario Jr.
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The reluctant hero: An open letter to veteran Lloyd Glick

“Sometimes, your identity is as much how you perceive yourself as it is how others perceive you.” —Walt Goodridge On Feb. 3 and 4, 2014, I had the opportunity to conduct land tours of the islands of Guam and Saipan for Lloyd Glick, a returning World War II veteran, and his wife,...
Posted On Feb 07 2014 09:00
, By Walt F.J. Goodridge

Sochi(t) to me

I remember the Jamaican bobsledders in the movie Cool Runnings of 1993. I was in Jamaica in ’79 so I can put the incongruity of the sport in context. The only frozen thing in Kingston, or up the Blue Mountains, is the ice that cools the beer. I lived in the prairies of...
Posted On Feb 06 2014 12:39
, By Jaime R. Vergara
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