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Larry Price
The Right Price // Senior-friendly Idea For The Mayor
Just about all the buses and trains I have ever ridden elsewhere had something you don’t find in public transportation in Hawaii: restrooms. It would...

Dan Boylan
Mostly Politics // Boston Marathon: War Continues
Finishing a marathon calls for jubilation – hugs from spouses and friends, cold libations, smiles exchanged with fellow finishers all are in order – maybe...

Bob Jones
Just Thoughts // Rethinking How We Do Marriage
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...

Dan Boylan
Mostly Politics // History That Shaped Modern Hawaii
In 1961, Harcourt, Brace and World published Hawaii Pono: A Social History by Lawrence H. Fuchs. “One of the major purposes of this book is...

Larry Price
The Right Price // Flip-flopping In Full
There was a time in our political history when we looked down on government leaders who changed their minds on important issues – and they...

Jerry Coffee
Coffee Break // Spinning With The ‘Gooney Bird’
In 1964, I was one of the “Red Hot” young instructor pilots at the Vigilante training squadron in Central Florida. The “Vigi” was being integrated...

Bob Jones
Just Thoughts // UH Needs Audit, Not PR Campaign
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...

Larry Price
The Right Price // The State Of The City Rhetoric
We are fortunate to have a mayor who likes to talk about what he’s going to do for us taxpayers. Kirk Caldwell’s State of the...

Dan Boylan
Mostly Politics // Good Work Of Catholic Charities
Three years ago, Catholic Charities Hawaii (CCH) moved into a seven-building campus on two-and-half acres of land in Makiki. It bought the parcel from First...

Bob Jones
Just Thoughts // Always Running For A Higher Office
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...

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