
Just Thoughts expresses Bob Jones’ views on social and political issues facing the state of Hawaii, and the nation. Bob Jones is a former newspaper reporter, NBC News foreign correpondent, and reporter-anchor-news manager at KGMB-TV. He has lived in Hawaii since 1963.
Below are the last 5 columns written by Bob Jones
Did you know that the federal government doesn’t require Hawaii to recognize the Fourth of July as a holiday?
You can take this one to the bank: City managing director Kirk Caldwell will not have filed for the late Duke Bainum’s City Council seat when the deadline expires this Saturday.
Neil’s in for governor. Now Mufi’s in. But you knew about the latter if you read my April 1 MidWeek column. I said Mufi’s in. The daily newspapers are just catching up.
Read Column>>Some journalists are writing that we’re about to see a contest between President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts over the direction of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Read Column>>As you read this, 50 million Americans may not have any medical insurance - up from 45.7 million a year ago. Why? Layoffs. Out-of-work people can’t pay medical insurance premiums.
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