Commentary

The Solution Is Natural Gas, WAPA

Gregory Norris — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:09:09 -0400

Steve Black believes that by converting to natural gas, WAPA will be saving Virgin Islanders a great deal of money.

Islands Voting in Presidential Elections

Gregory Norris — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:11:57 -0400

David North tells what happens when other nations’ island can vote in presidential elections.

Employment Taxes: You Can Trust that the IRS Will Make You Pay!

chipliv — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:34:38 -0400

Could you become liable for your employer’s unpaid employment taxes?

Do You Know Your Voting Rights?

Gregory Norris — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:18:24 -0400

Norma S. Levin relates information about the Virgin Islands Election System that she picked up at a recent meeting of the League of Women Voters.

Source Manager’s Journal: The V.I. and the ‘Otherization’ of America

chipliv — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:09:05 -0400

For decades now, conservative politicians have invoked “the American people,” referring to a group far more limited than one would think.

Source Manager’s Journal: Visions

chipliv — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:32:54 -0400

In many ways, the Virgin Islands has been spared the Reagan Republican “vision,” BUT ...

A Healthier Virgin Islands Begins Today

Gregory Norris — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:48:11 -0400

Commissioner of Health Mercedes K.C. Dullum, M.D., writes that we all have to take responsibility for our own health and be proactive in order to prevent disease and control risk factors. The Department of Health has many ways to help in the fight against disease.

Elections Board Loses $250K in Available Federal Funds

chipliv — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:28:48 -0400

The V.I. Board of Elections has left more than a quarter of a million dollars in federal funds sitting in Washington.

One Reason Why V.I. Elections are So Expensive: Election Boards

chipliv — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:10:34 -0400

One of the reasons for the “fiscal crisis” is the very presence of the two six-member boards of elections in the Virgin Islands.

Source Manager’s Journal: Where Do You Live?

chipliv — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:42:12 -0400

We rarely think of where we live as the place that we work or go to school, even though we spend many hours in these places.

An Open Letter to the CEO and Board of the Gov. Juan F. Luis Medical Center

Gregory Norris — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:19:01 -0400

As a healthcare provider, former Acting Commissioner of Health and Medical Director of the then St. Croix Hospital, the fiscal plight of this facility and the recent dismissals of LPNs and CNAs are deeply troubling to me as it has been to a broad spectrum of the St. Croix community.

Source Manager’s Journal: The Virgin Islands and 'The Big Picture'

chipliv — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:08:39 -0400

Despite its vehement denials, the Republican Party is now the party of reaction, of white nationalism, of corporate power, of theocracy and of hostility to the “others.”

A Superior School

Gregory Norris — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:05:47 -0400

Sharon Coldren explains how Guy H. Benjamin Elementary School has become a premier Virgin Islands school.

What a Strange Little GOP Election

chipliv — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:20:50 -0400

The New York Times and the Washington Post reported that Mitt Romney won the Virgin Islands Republican caucus on Saturday, yet Ron Paul got more votes.

Climate Change and the U.S. Virgin Islands

chipliv — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:31:54 -0400

The U.S. Virgin Islands and other islands in the Caribbean are vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

That Alleged “Fiscal Crisis” at the V.I. Joint Board of Elections

ScottForman — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:02:39 -0400

Arlington, Virginia, has an election board that does exactly what the V.I. board does, except it does it every year, not every other year, and at a substancial savings.

Alpine Journal 2042

Shaun Pennington — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:20:55 -0400

Source columnist Frank Schneiger looks into his crystal ball and finds a discouraging news item 30 years hence about the way the V.I. Senate does business -- or doesn't.

V.I. Can't Afford Sideshows

Shaun Pennington — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:26:41 -0400

The hardest time to really understand something is often while it is happening. The big messages are often obscured by “noise,” such as “recall” proposals.

Positive Gone Negative

ScottForman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:46 -0400

Senator Nelson, perhaps it is time to retire your moniker “Positive” as you have done nothing but negative.

Parrotfish, Nets and the Coral Reef

Gregory Norris — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:40:52 -0400

David A. Olsen, Ph.D., chief scientist for the St. Thomas Fishermen's Association, responds to a recent article in the Source on the subject of a law suit to ban net fishing of parrot fish around St. Croix.