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Back to the Moon!     What Took So Long?   M.A. Dworkin      Kennedy Space Center - Why it has taken over fifty years to finally decide it was time to go back to the Moon is the question that is sitting on most people’s minds nowadays. The official explanation has nothing to do with technology. It has more to do with funding, specifically cutbacks in the NASA budget over the years that moved away from deep space exploration towards operations in low-Earth orbit via the Space

M.A. Dworkin St. Thomas - Governor Albert Bryan Jr. used Monday’s Government House weekly press briefing on St. Thomas to address the recent repeated power outages in the St. Thomas-St. John District over the last two weeks, acknowledging the frustration and hardship experienced by residents and businesses.       The Governor said he has been briefed on the issues affecting the system, including the failure of Unit 15 at the Randolph Harley Power Plant, which left the distric

M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - The battle over birthright citizenship has finally wound up before the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. In what could be one of the most significant cases of the 21st century, affecting life in the 50 States and the U.S. Territories, the highest Court in the Land will hear the argument whether President Donald Trump, by Executive Order (EO), has the right to end birthright citizenship as it is now implemented, and if that EO complies wi

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - The No Kings protests, also known as No Dictators or No Tyrants, which in reality are anti-Trump protests, drew more than 8 million people nationwide at over 3,300 rallies from Maine to California. The Trump protests also spilled over U.S. borders into European cities including Amsterdam, Madrid and Rome.       The first No Kings nationwide protest day was June 2025 organized on President Trump’s 79th birthday which coincided with a military parade he

One Man’s Vision        It takes a man of unusual vision to study the terrain, size up the possibilities, and see the future. It takes a man of even greater determination and drive to maneuver his way through all the obstacles, do an end-run around all the naysayers, and deliver his vision to the public as a finished project. Texas entrepreneur, Peter Zielke, of Z Property VI is just such a man. He has pulled a rabbit out of his Texas ten-gallon hat and is well on his way to

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - As gas prices at the pump on St. Croix have suddenly jumped around 70 cents per gallon, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA) issued a temporary emergency fuel waiver on March 25, 2026, to allow the nationwide sale of E15, gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol.        E15 is a safe and increasingly common fuel

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Built on a foundation of great minds, glorious people, and devoted volunteers and employees, CMCArts (The Caribbean Museum for the Arts) has survived and thrived to become the main bastion for the arts on St. Croix. This venerable art museum and major hub for the arts and art education on the Big Island, has announced that it is expanding to St. Thomas and opening a second location in the heart of Charlotte Amalie sometime this year.       The expansi

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - At the weekly Government House Press Briefing, conducted by Director of Communications, Richard Motta, held on St. Croix, the Bryan-Roach Administration announced that they foresee economic stabilization to the Territory’s finances for the 2026-2027 years ahead.        At the recent annual Spring Revenue Estimating Conference held on St. Thomas, the Administration presented an encouraging outlook for fiscal year (FY) 2027, with overall revenues projec

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - When you head down to the Boardwalk on St. Croix, there’s really only one name that comes to mind when you’re looking to have a good time, catch a brew, chill out on the harbor view, and have the juiciest burger and fries on the Big Island, that name is Shupe’s!        For ten years, Derek Shupe and his wife Jenn have built STX’s Go-to gathering spot, for locals and tourists alike. Shupe’s on the Boardwalk  was created in the same cozy space as the i

M.A. Dworkin St. Thomas - Virgin Islands Port Authority Director (VIPA) Carlton Dowe has reportedly decided to retire as of April 10, 2026, from his longstanding  prominent position as Director of the near $200 million annual VIPA agency, amidst alleged criminal charges that brought him into federal court in St. Thomas on Friday, March 20, 2026.        Mr. Dowe reportedly turned himself in and was released from custody after his court appearance.        Although, initially, t

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - In light of the seemingly heavy handed enforcement tactics recorded by certain USVI media, performed by Department of Homeland Security Border Patrol agents on St. Croix in recent days, Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett issued the following statement:       “My office has received reports and video footage from community members regarding Border Patrol enforcement actions taking place on St. Croix. My team and I have investigated the matter with the ap

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Transfer day in the U.S. Virgin Islands is celebrated annually on March 31. It marks the formal transfer of the islands from Denmark to the United States in 1917. It commemorates the end of colonial rule, the lowering of the Danish flag, and the raising of the American flag. Over the last 109 years there have been many heroes and heroines who have graced the Territory stage in the name of freedom, in the name of resilience, in the name of advancement.