In spring 1975, UH professor Paul Hooper and I drove to Kailua to interview Gov. John A. Burns for the..

Have any of my 11 regular readers bought a pack of cigarettes lately? I haven’t either. In fact, I never..

On Super Bowl Sunday, I attended what a close friend of mine – and a certified football fan and partier..

Hawaii’s gun laws are among the strictest in the country. They require licensing of gun dealers, registration of firearms with..

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In this week of inaugurations and gaveling to order, a word about the man who, for the first time in..

By the time you read this, someone will have organized Hawaii’s House of Representatives – maybe. And it may be..

Katherine Boo won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2012 for her first book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life,..

Dan Inouye’s colleagues in the United States Senate honored him with a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, making him only..

In his lifetime, Dan Inouye did the seemingly impossible: He gave the profession of politics a good name. He didn’t..

First came Black Friday, then Small Business Saturday followed by Cyber Monday. Out of fear engendered by television footage of..

At age 90, my mother-in-law doesn’t get around as well as she once did, so the past few elections she’s..

Abraham Lincoln has been given to us in many forms. He’s the granite savior of the Union, watching over us..

So the candidates, winners and losers alike, have taken down their signs. No one waves at us in the early..

Ah, the morning after. It brings hurt feelings, bruised egos, recriminations and pleas for reconciliation. The most overworked refrain from..

Whoever wins – or has won by the time you get your MidWeek – this week’s general election contests, 2012..

In my role as a licensed local political analyst, I am frequently asked by television reporters for my thoughts on..

Ah, the debate season. As I write, the second of three presidential debates is history. The third has yet to..