A Star-Advertiser reader from Moiliili probably touched many sensitive social-issue nerves with a recent letter to the editor, saying, “I..
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Forget about Vietnam. American armed forces seem to be topping our politicians and journalists in favorability rankings in polls this..
One question I’d like to ask any prospective UH president is, “What would your policy be on free speech, even..
“A thousand men go searchin’ for gold. After six months, one of them’s lucky. His find represents not only his..
I took heat recently for writing that $28 million for a new Hawaiian Language College building in Hilo could be..
I sympathize with Mayor Kirk Caldwell, who has to do a political balancing act between those who want the homeless..
One day you’re walking around OK, albeit a bit gimpy. The next some surgeon is sawing the bones out of..
I hope those state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands bad lease policies exposed by the Star-Advertiser and those airport procurement..
I don’t think many non-UH-employed or -affiliated people will disagree with my assessment that the university is in extremis –..
Call it Burma, Myanmar or the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It’s the hot travel destination now that the..
I stand with Kaneohe veterinarian and family physician Gary Johnson, who wrote in the Star-Advertiser that “I have never seen..
Somebody surely will ask: Why are we spending $28 million in state money for the College of Hawaiian Language building..
Our whole marriage/civil union thing is archaic and needs to be restructured. Why is the state “licensing” any of this..
A recent Star-Advertiser editorial called for “repairing the reputation” of the University of Hawaii. The writer said the main problem..
So, why do all those incumbent politicians yearn so mightily for higher office instead of being satisfied with the one..
Here comes Easter. And The Economist, the best English-language news magazine still publishing, has declared hell and heaven to be..
I’m not sure how seriously we Americans take the North Koreans. I think our general attitude is, “They can huff..
Here’s one that definitely belongs on your “bucket list” – things to do before you croak: A four-day, five-night float..
San Francisco has banned nudity on city property. I’m good with that. Our society isn’t comfortable with exhibitionists letting it..
Somebody at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo is paying attention to you fans – and even to me, as..