A cup of coffee and the morning Honolulu Star-Advertiser are not always a comforting combination. Such is particularly the case..
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A resident of Leeward Oahu for the past 40 years and an occasional palm-sweating victim of its traffic jams, I’ve..
A couple of Mondays ago, legislators milled about the floor of the House of Representatives, awaiting the call to order..
Last week, television cameras caught Hawaii’s lei bedecked new 1st District U.S. Rep. Mark Takai, a Democrat, beaming through President..
Selma begins with Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo, Norway, trying to tie an unfamiliar neckpiece before going on stage..
Deadlines and word lengths leave too many stories unpub lished in a writer’s notebook — stuff that someday will be..
Little known, and without much of a budget, David Ige of Pearl City took on some of the biggest names..
More than 90 years ago, H.L. Mencken, the journalistic “sage of Baltimore,” defined democracy as that system of government in..
This week we say “goodbye” to 2014. Some may mumble “good riddance” to it as well. But for moderates and..
Dear Mr. President, I hope this finds you, Michelle and your lovely daughters enjoying Christmas in Hawaii. I apologize for..
Goodbye, Tom. Goodbye, Gib. Goodbye, Ben. Who’s next? Let’s get right to it: What’s wrong at University of Hawaii? Presidents,..
Why would a Florida mega-electric company want to buy a small, mid-Pacific electric utility? Simple. That small, mid-Pacific electric company..
Call this one: “Confessions of a Chorister Who Can’t Carry a Tune,” an ongoing tragicomedy in several acts. My 11..
I respond to the sound of the U.S. mail carrier’s truck like Pavlov’s dog to the ringing of the bell...
The national Republican Party enjoyed a terrific off-year election. The GOP grew its majority in the U.S. House of Representatives..
Yawning was the order of general election day 2014. Did I miss anything that might excite? No, Democrats won every..
My deadline for submitting copy to MidWeek is Wednesday at noon. Occasionally, I nail it. (“Very occasionally,” my editor mumbles..
With a scant two weeks left before General Election Day 2014, Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Aiona and wife Vivian found..
Numbers tell stories — among them that primary election day 2014 constituted a damning indictment of Hawaii’s democracy. On Aug...
Mufi Hannemann’s gubernatorial campaign recently competed with a sunset. Any sunset offers stiff competition, but a “Waianae Sunset on the..
