This Week in MidWeek

Bob Jones this week writes "I'm amused when some well-meaning person refers to our troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan as "true patriots."

Dan Boylan this week writes "Tim O'Brien was in Honolulu last week, attending a conference on the Vietnam war at the University of Hawaii-Manoa."

Rick Hamada writes "Should street performers be banned from Waikiki?"

Larry Price writes "It's interesting to observe the Honolulu City Council from a distance."

Jerry Coffee writes this week "The dirty, cracked asphalt, the weeds, rocks and broken glass that come from years of abandonment and neglect have been transformed into the beautiful site of the new memorial to the 88 Unites States marines who were assigned abord the battleship USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941.

Jade Moon this week writes "I read something that made me very, very happy the other day. I read the waistlines of pants are going up."

Susan Page this week writes "'Why is everyone so unhappy?' asled Violet, 82, one of the many readers who called me the other day.

Linda Dela Cruz this week profiles Robert Lai, of Collector Maniacs in Kaimuki.

Pamela Young gets a letter from a someone who appreciated Melveen Leed's personal birthday greeting.

Katie Young writes "The other night I was out at an event and I ran into colleague and Star-Bulletin columnist John Berger. John always likes to give me the 'male' perspective on my column topics.

Steve Murray writes this week"With the oversaturation of poker on television, you would think the Terrell Owens' brain trust would have learned a thing or two."

Bob Hogue this week writes, "You often hear of island families who are so busy and so disconnected with each other's lives, they have almost no idea where each family member is going every day."