The year started amid uncertainty. The death of United States Sen. Daniel K. Inouye just prior to Christmas 2012 left..
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Wednesday evening last, I found myself sitting on a bench at Pearl-ridge Mall Uptown jotting notes for an after-dinner talk...
Donna Mercado Kim has had a good year. She’s humbled the chairman of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents,..
Last week the mailperson delivered a postcard from a Hilo memorial park (aka a cemetery). It advertised a “simple cremation..
‘Tis the week to be thankful, and I most certainly am. I’m thankful for state Rep. Tom Brower (D, Ala..
Four days after state house members voted to legalize same-sex marriage, hours after the senate did the same, and less..
Enter Uluulu: The Henry Giugni Moving Image Archive at the University of Hawaii-West Oahu library in Kapolei, then look right...
I proudly count Jack Hoag among my 11 regular readers. Don’t misunderstand: I’m proud of the other 10 as well...
It’s complicated. It’s all very, very complicated. Consider Honolulu City Councilman Stanley Chang’s bemoaning the plight of his Iolani classmates..
Thirty-one-year-old City Councilman Stanley Chang looks 17 – and a little out of place during a recent interview amid the..
On Oct. 28, state House Speaker Joe Souki and Senate President Donna Mercado Kim will gavel the members of their..
Oh my! It’s time to change the rules, starting with those laid down in our high school civics books. They..
On the eve of yet another threatened shutdown of the federal government, a young colleague at the University of Hawaii-West..
First District congressional candidate Ikaika Anderson may have the best bloodlines in Hawaii politics. For two decades, Uncle D.G. “Andy”..
Barack Obama has always given a good speech. His address to the nation last Tuesday, on why American military action..
Mark Takai hails from Democrat country west of Red Hill – so Democrat that since his election to the state..
Following this year’s Gridiron show, sales-women in dress departments across Oahu faced lines of overweight, post-menopausal women. Each had the..
Too many of my friends these days flinch at the sight of me. They look away, strike up a conversation..
One of my 11 regular readers – call him Les, because … well, because his name is Les – complains..
State Sen. Will Espero has his enthusiasms. Currently leading the list is the announcement of October as Hawaii Fashion Month...
