
A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE

My mother and father were married quite young and, hailing from the Philippines, came from a generation where arranged marriages were not unusual. They moved to the Mainland soon after and, soon after moving, they divorced.
COFFEE BREAK

About a week ago, Honolulu Hale witnessed democracy in action as a self-organized group of Honolulu citizens, “Stop Rail Now,” held a press conference announcing its goal of collecting more than 40,000 signatures calling for a referendum on November’s ballot, i.e. “Let the People Decide.”
JUST THOUGHTS

So exactly what was that takeover of Iolani Palace last week by the self-proclaimed Hawaiian Kingdom Government supposed to accomplish?
MOSTLY POLITICS

A friend of mine commutes daily to his job on Maui. Last week he complained that he couldn’t find his favorite Spam musubi at the 7-Eleven in Kahului. He eats one every day around 1:30 p.m., a couple of hours before he catches his flight back to Honolulu.
THE RIGHT PRICE

Identifying experts has always been a controversial issue in Hawaii. The reason is because we are an isolated community, and anyone who travels to Hawaii from a faraway location is interesting to listen to because they look and sound different - the farther away, the more expert he or she appears.