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This week we say “goodbye” to 2014. Some may mumble “good riddance” to it as well. But for moderates and..
Merrie Monarch is here, and if you’re a Hilo mer chant or a competing halau, this is the Pro Bowl..
Although a quick glance at a bar graph of military expenditures by the U.S., Russia and China – the three..
Years ago, in a paroxysm of political idealism, I compared our esteemed United States senators, members of Congress, governor and..
The public interest and government-and-business interests are not one and the same, but it seems to be harder and harder..
Sometimes the most damaging proposals are not bills, but resolutions. If a bill passes, the governor then signs it and..
In 1972, a source nicknamed Deep Throat famously told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to “follow the money.” Woodward and..
I’ve returned from traveling through Nepal and Bhutan last month just in time to file my U.S. and Hawaii taxes...
Some of you more “seasoned” readers may re call the infamous “Hanoi March” in June 1966, in which we American..
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..
According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (3/26/14), the discussion about making high quality weed easier to obtain is alive and well..
The photos with this story are the ones that keep me reminded of one of the happiest times of my..
This ongoing discussion about Hawaiian sovereignty has gotten hilarious because of the claims to a nonexistent throne. Some even suggest..
I realize that by the time this column is published the mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Flight 370 and its passengers..
Every once in a while, legislators are abstract to the point of being comical. Our Legislature’s latest effort to pass..
Some folks seem to feel nostalgic for the Cold War. Arizona Sen. John Mccain, for example. The former Republican presidential..
I don’t think anyone can say with a straight face that this has been a what-people-expected first term for Gov...
Former Gov. Linda Lingle must be doing backflips over the Legislature’s decision to shorten the school year after she was..
