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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...

Jerry Coffee
Coffee Break // Benghazi Injured Being Silenced?
Of all the new acronyms and abbreviations we use now in everyday communication by email, texting or twittering, like LOL or OMG. But one of...

Dan Boylan
Mostly Politics // The GOP’s Local Youth Movement
Finding signs of life in Hawaii’s Republican Party can be frustrating – almost as frustrating as being a Republican in Hawaii. Hawaii’s congressional delegation belongs...

Larry Price
The Right Price // What’s Next For The State, Teachers
After all of the sign-waving and horn-honking, it looks like Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) has a new contract with the state. It took two...

Bob Jones
Just Thoughts // Where In Heaven’s Name Is Hell?
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....

Larry Price
The Right Price // Kudos To Japan For Debris Assist
Japan is providing $5 million to the United States to help with collection and disposal of marine debris from the 2011 tsunami disaster. How’s that...

Dan Boylan
Mostly Politics // Chang’s Bold Plans For Homeless
Honolulu City Councilman Stanley Chang thinks that after years of talking about it, studying it and anguishing over it, we may have finally reached the...

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