In a recent piece on the president in Vanity Fair, journalist Michael Lewis discovered that Barack Obama keeps the television..

It never pays to bet against an incumbent of either political party anywhere, and it certainly never pays to bet..

Despite early signs of senioritis, in even numbered years I still receive an invitation or two to take part in..

Call it Hawaii’s post-primary political lull. In our one-party state, Aug. 11 decided so many contests that, in district after..

Ah, our quadrennial political silly season is in full flower – meaning that as I write, the Republicans have convened..

The University of Hawaii’s fall semester began last week, and the thoughts of professors and students alike turned to syllabi..

So what happened Aug. 11? A number of things, some definitive, some merely suggestive. Let’s start with the definitive. Not..

I’ve written and read too much about Barack Obama, and I am of an age that hefting a 571-page door-stopper..

Finally, the balloting has begun. By the time the polls open on Saturday morning, election officials predict that as high..

Ah, the quadrennial rites of late summer! Presidential candidates emplane for Europe, the Mideast or anywhere else they can burnish..

The question of whether to build rail transit or not has sucked the air out of Honolulu politics this primary..

Herewith, the first in a series on political campaign rituals, being performed as I speak and you read. We will..

I suppose whether you call the health care law recently upheld by the Supreme Court “Obamacare” or the Patient Protection..

Dear reader, please indulge me. I’ll be jumping around this week, because the political news is coming too fast and..

Kirk Caldwell is getting inside my head. I’m not kidding here. He’s messing with me. A couple of days after..

This week: two rants plus a correction for the price of one column. What a deal. Rant No. 1. Over..

I recently took part in a media panel at the annual meeting of the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association. I shared..