Mostly Politics reflects Dan Boylan’s views on political issues facing the state of Hawaii, and the nation. Dan Boylan teaches history at the University of Hawaii--West Oahu.
Below are the last 5 columns written by Dan Boylan
HPD’s Newest Elite 17 Go On Patrol
Wednesday - July 01, 2009
By Dan Boylan
I attended the 163rd police recruit class graduation last week at Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall. I’d never been to one before. I went this year because one of the new officers, Grant Mochizuki, graduated in history from the University of Hawaii-West Oahu.
Hawaii’s Looming Elder-care Crisis
Wednesday - June 24, 2009
By Dan Boylan
For more than a year now, my wife, the high-strung Filipina, has been talking about her arthritic finger. In the morning, she’ll put down her newspaper, lean toward me on the couch, extend her hand and say, “Dad, look at my finger. It’s getting more crooked by the day.”
The Value Of Small Schools, Classes
Wednesday - June 17, 2009
By Dan Boylan
The Department of Education locked the doors at Wailupe Valley Elementary School last week. It had to be done. Wailupe Valley’s enrollment had fallen to 75 students, and the cost of educating each of its students was twice that at a school just a mile down the road.
In A Crisis, We Need Real Leaders
Wednesday - June 10, 2009
By Dan Boylan
Didn’t you just love it: the quality of leadership, the mature judgment, the measured words? Last Monday Gov. Linda Lingle, in tones funereal, announced that she would balance Hawaii’s $730 million budget shortfall out of the wallets of state workers.
Read Column>>Getting Serious About Energy
Wednesday - June 03, 2009
By Dan Boylan
This coming Saturday will be Hawaii Clean Energy Day on the Manoa campus of the University of Hawaii. There will be a keynote speech by Christine Ervin, a former assistant secretary of energy in President Clinton’s administration, panels including many of the leaders in Hawaii’s clean energy initiative, and various exhibits.
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