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Bob Jones
Just Thoughts // UH Presidents, Books, Parks
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...

Dan Boylan
Mostly Politics // Who’d Want To Be UH President?
M.R.C. Greenwood called it quits last week after four years as the University of Hawaii’s first female president. The 70-year-old Greenwood cited health concerns. A...

Larry Price
The Right Price // The Future Is What Matters For UH
Some people may be getting tired of all the changes going on at the University of Hawaii at Moana. You shouldn’t be, but if you...

Bob Jones
Just Thoughts // Discovering The Joys Of Myanmar
Call it Burma, Myanmar or the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It’s the hot travel destination now that the generals have donned suits, loosened...

Dan Boylan
Mostly Politics // U.S. Still Strives For Equal ‘Equality’
The world turns. The biopic about Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson’s partnership in integrating major league baseball, 42, will win no awards at next year’s...

Bob Jones
Just Thoughts // Awaiting Proof GMOs Are Unsafe
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...

Larry Price
The Right Price // Mixed Feelings On ACT Testing
One of the most frightening things about going to school is test-taking. And for good reason, as a bad test score will follow the student...

Dan Boylan
Mostly Politics // The Winners And Losers Of 2013
Herewith, “Mostly Politics’” first post-2012 winners and losers column – occasioned by last week’s news that Colleen Hanabusa has decided to run against Brian Schatz...

Jerry Coffee
Coffee Break // Obama Soft On Radical Islamists
According to Wikipedia, the first recorded terrorist attack on U.S. soil was in 1920, when several pounds of dynamite were made into a bomb that...

Bob Jones
Just Thoughts // Are Hilo Projects Money Well-spent?
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...

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