Pfc. Raymond Nosaka was inurned at Punchbowl National Cemetery last week. There was a small obit when he died at..
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“So what’s this display with bomb fragments?” I asked Pacific Aviation Museum curator Burl Burlingame during a tour of the..
The question of this month, next month and October is: Can Duke Aiona (R) or Mufi Hannemann (I) defeat David..
I’m not qualified to judge whether Tom Apple was or was not an effective chancellor at University of Hawaii at..
Here comes Primary Election Saturday! I don’t endorse candidates. But I can share some of the things that guide me...
It would be hypocritical for me to rage against advertising. Ads finance my MidWeek columns. Ads paid my 28 years..
I am not a campaign-strategy guru, but my 51 years here give my nose a good scent for campaign strategies..
(Historical Note: MidWeek was four years away from its birth when the first Hawaii 5-0 — originally to be titled..
It’s MidWeek‘s 30th anniversary next week. Almost my 26th year as a columnist here. A chunk of my young-adult life..
That release of the Pacific Resource Partnership (PRP) emails by former governor and defeated mayoral candidate Ben Cayetano has roiled..
If you came aboard with Barack Obama in 2008 and again in 2012, and find yourself disappointed and wishing he..
Moscow State Circus with tigers and trained dog acts is coming to the Blaisdell Arena in October. That’s 20 years..
I’ve seen them all seeking to be elected Hawaii governor for more than 50 years. Quinn vs. Burns (Quinn won),..
The U.S. Interior Department may have just complicated the Hawaiian sovereignty/governance issue. Washington is seeking acceptable words to define the..
We’ll be asked to pass a state constitutional amendment for tax money to go to some private – even church-run..
There are books on Algebra The Easy Way and Grammar The Easy Way, and the expression “Take the easy way..
In 1609, it was the biggest telescope on the planet. Galileo’s 1.5-centimeter instrument in Italy set the science world and..
The “Oh, no!” drums started beating the moment U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa disclosed that the Department of Defense wants to..
I’ve recently made another visit to the Demilitarized Zone that has separated North and South Korea since 1953. The DMZ..
Merrie Monarch is here, and if you’re a Hilo mer chant or a competing halau, this is the Pro Bowl..
