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The Elusive Green Flash
“If there be green in paradise, it cannot but be of this shade, which most assuredly is the true green of hope!” Jules Verne, The Green...


A Brief History of Government House
There is a hidden gem of a prize that is awarded to the winner of the election for Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is called...


The Dredging of Gallows Bay
Editorial If one examines the facts objectively, with a clear-head, in a realistic manner, the dredging of Gallows Bay is nothing more...


A Short History of Gallows Bay
Fishing Village to Commercial Center The area to the east of Fort Christiansvaern, which is located on the small inlet on the eastern...


Freedom City and the Battle for the West End
The West End is certainly unlike any other place on St. Croix. When you take into consideration its history, its sense of spirit, and...


How Often Should You Work Out?
Generally speaking, working out 30 minutes a day, five days per week, helps support good health. But how often you should work out ...


Elisa McKay The Priestess of Joy - In Loving Memory
Herald the trumpets. Sing loud for the virtues of joy. Elisa McKay has allowed the world a glimpse into her lifetime pursuit of joyous wonder and artistic upheaval as she brings forth her Elisa Mckay catalog, “A Self Portrait,” 96 pages of her glorious art that covers 40 years of her work. It would be easy to say Elisa’s art brings out the child in us all, delivering us to a place where we might find ourselves prancing through a field of Van Gogh’s sunflowers, and call


Eliana L Schuster-Brown
When we examine the art of Eliana L Schuster-Brown we are able to gather some insight into how a great artist’s imagination is capable of...


The Einstein letter that started it all…
F.D. Roosevelt President of the United States White House Washington, D.C. Sir: Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard, which has...


The Doomsday Clock & Einstein’s Prediction
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced earlier this year that the Doomsday Clock would be set at 90 seconds to midnight for the...


Pirates of St. Croix
From the viewpoint of today’s Hollywood filmmakers, the Pirates of old need to be portrayed, for the sake of the box office, as either murderous, unforgivable villains, children’s characters like Captain Hook in Peter Pan, or Johnny Depp’s somewhat lovable Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Once in a blue moon, a show like the superb Netflix series Black Sails comes along and tries to make an honest attempt at setting the record straight when it c


Upfront: with Dr. Kisha Christian
Women are brave. There are brave women all over the world. There are well-known heroines and there are unsung heroines. But it is a rare...
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