A week ago Monday, the front-page headline on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser read: “Chains of poverty shackle more keiki.” In the..
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Over the past 20-plus years I have had several heart attacks, the first being literally induced by an overly determined..
It is nice to see the leaders of the visitor industry finally admit that tourists are complaining about homeless people..
Forget about Vietnam. American armed forces seem to be topping our politicians and journalists in favorability rankings in polls this..
One question I’d like to ask any prospective UH president is, “What would your policy be on free speech, even..
City Council Budget Committee chairwoman Ann Kobayashi celebrated her 76th birthday in April. She’s spent more than 23 years in..
On the surface, it seems to me that everyone wants to hand out grades to those who teach teachers how..
City Council Budget Committee chairwoman Ann Kobayashi celebrated her 76th birthday in April. She’s spent more than 23 years in..
On the surface, it seems to me that everyone wants to hand out grades to those who teach teachers how..
Young Edward Snowden, recently of Waipahu, sees himself as an American patriot. So too do many of his fellow citizens..
There is a group of people in the federal, military and government who must be laughing about National Security Agency..
“This is the most transparent administration in history.” -Barack Obama; White House “Fireside Hangout” hosted online by Google, Feb. 13,..
“A thousand men go searchin’ for gold. After six months, one of them’s lucky. His find represents not only his..
State health officials gave us a good scare last week when they announced they had uncovered four cases of Hepatitis..
Forty years ago a Canadian scholar named Marshall McLuhan assured us that the medium was the message. He argued that,..
I took heat recently for writing that $28 million for a new Hawaiian Language College building in Hilo could be..
I sympathize with Mayor Kirk Caldwell, who has to do a political balancing act between those who want the homeless..
En route to the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., the eight big, shiny buses (truly the limousines of tour..
Joe Souki celebrated his 81st birthday recently. He looks good and he sounds good. And he can obviously still do..
One day you’re walking around OK, albeit a bit gimpy. The next some surgeon is sawing the bones out of..




