I don’t think many non-UH-employed or -affiliated people will disagree with my assessment that the university is in extremis – most often meaning “in extreme...

I stand with Kaneohe veterinarian and family physician Gary Johnson, who wrote in the Star-Advertiser that “I have never seen a research article showing harm...

Somebody surely will ask: Why are we spending $28 million in state money for the College of Hawaiian Language building at UH Hilo? Why put...

Our whole marriage/civil union thing is archaic and needs to be restructured. Why is the state “licensing” any of this anyway? There may have been...

A recent Star-Advertiser editorial called for “repairing the reputation” of the University of Hawaii. The writer said the main problem is that UH may not...

So, why do all those incumbent politicians yearn so mightily for higher office instead of being satisfied with the one they have? It troubles me...

Here comes Easter. And The Economist, the best English-language news magazine still publishing, has declared hell and heaven to be dead issues in Western culture....

I’m not sure how seriously we Americans take the North Koreans. I think our general attitude is, “They can huff and puff, but in the...

Here’s one that definitely belongs on your “bucket list” – things to do before you croak: A four-day, five-night float on the Mekong River from...