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A Visit to Yap

I was recently blessed with the opportunity to visit Yap, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia.  In my search for “the true, the good, and the beautiful”, Yap is solidly in the “beautiful” category. Yap…

The Intrepid Luis Baza

Here’s a true story of a brave Chamorro man, Luis Baza, who successfully challenged a cruel and corrupt Spanish governor in court and won.  The governor, Francisco Moscoso y Lara, was fined and banished from the Mariana islands forever. Baza’s story,…