Kathryn Xian proclaims herself “the most progressive candidate” in the race for the 1st Congressional District seat being vacated by..
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Ah, it’s springtime, 30 games into the major league baseball season, tornado time on the continent and the madcap final..
Whew! Hawaii’s Democrats almost stepped into their own doo-doo. It began when State Democratic Party convention planners scheduled incumbent Gov...
Years ago, in a paroxysm of political idealism, I compared our esteemed United States senators, members of Congress, governor and..
In 1972, a source nicknamed Deep Throat famously told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to “follow the money.” Woodward and..
President Barack Obama and his family spend their Christmas vacations in Hawaii. Why not? It’s warm, it’s sunny, and –..
Something about the Honolulu City Council makes its nine members want to leave it. Not all of them, understand. Kymberly..
Some folks seem to feel nostalgic for the Cold War. Arizona Sen. John Mccain, for example. The former Republican presidential..
All politics,” it’s said, “are local.” So let’s start here at home, but be forewarned that before the period’s placed..
MidWeek usually appears in our Pearl City mail box late Tuesday afternoon. I fetch it, check the letters section for..
A formula exists for “states of,” as in State of the Union, State of the State or, one of the..
The most hackneyed phrase in the political lexicon belongs to the nameless politician who, upon reading a poll that showed..
In the past year, I’ve heard Tony Ching’s presentation on Hawaii Community Development Authority’s (HCDA) master plan for Kakaako on..
I’m teaching late 19th-century U.S. history this semester, and I’m here to tell you, beloved reader, it’s a hard sell...
On presidential election night 2012, Mitt Romney related a comment made by one of his teary-eyed supporters: “When you think..
Amy Harmon writes about the impact of science and technology on American life for The New York Times, perhaps the..
Gregg Takayama seems both too old and too traveled to be a freshman state legislator. Yet there he was last..
What do you do with an $844 million state budget surplus? You read that right: $844 million. That is, even..
I write on New Year’s Eve with less than 48 hours remaining in the holiday season. Thank all the gods..
Ah, the new year is upon us: full of hope, full of cheer, full of … foreboding. Which will it..
