A recent Wall Street Journal contained a very poignant article reminding us of the true nature of the enemy we..
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They say time flies when you’re having a good time. I was recently called upon to come up with the..
In the course of my eight-year tenure as a MidWeek columnist, I have spared no ink to explain to readers..
At the beginning of his first term, President Obama announced, “In the first year of my presidency, I will close..
Like most of you, my life has been full of milestones: graduations (four), marriages (two), professional highlights/low lights (more of..
In May of 1865, former slaves in Charleston, S.C., reburied from their mass grave 257 dead Union prisoners of war..
In 2004, I ran as a Republican for the office of state representative for District 33, essentially Aiea, Halawa and..
Although a quick glance at a bar graph of military expenditures by the U.S., Russia and China – the three..
Some of you more “seasoned” readers may re call the infamous “Hanoi March” in June 1966, in which we American..
I realize that by the time this column is published the mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Flight 370 and its passengers..
Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor is a wonderful success story that just keeps going – and growing. Occupying two..
This week’s column borrows from the closing comments of former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in his speech to the..
Swaziland is Africa’s only remaining kingdom. Drifting like a tiny autonomous island in the northeastern corner of South Africa, it..
Several years ago, when my 83-year-old mom was visiting us, we were in our kitchen – wife Susan was at..
Probably like so many of you, months ago my wife, Susan, and I took a sacred oath to avoid the..
On the morning of April 8, 1968, an Army helicopter was traversing a shard of scrubby jungle a few clicks..
“YPO” does not stand for a magnificent valley on Hawaii Island (Waipio) or a countryside suburb west of Pearl City...
There had been no bombing raids in or around Hanoi for weeks, a situation that only increased the frustration of..
A few weeks ago I wrote a column about President Barack Obama’s propensity to play fast and loose with the..
According to the 2000 census, there are 16,298 veterans living on Hawaii Island, of which 4,500 are using rainwater catchment..
