On the eve of yet another threatened shutdown of the federal government, a young colleague at the University of Hawaii-West..
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You’ve read that the University of Hawaii needs about $490 million to catch up on backlogged repairs. So it wants..
It was encouraging to hear that members of Honolulu City Council came to their senses last week and gave up..
I’ll be very curious to see how the latest pronouncements on abortion, contraceptives and gay people by Pope Francis play..
I don’t know anything about spills – oil, sewage or any type of hazardous materials. I also will readily admit..
According to the 2000 census, there are 16,298 veterans living on Hawaii Island, of which 4,500 are using rainwater catchment..
First District congressional candidate Ikaika Anderson may have the best bloodlines in Hawaii politics. For two decades, Uncle D.G. “Andy”..
Barack Obama has always given a good speech. His address to the nation last Tuesday, on why American military action..
There was a time when the word “unique” almost always was connected to conversations about Hawaii. People would say, “Hawaii’s..
The first self-steering, self-braking car is now on the market – in Germany. It’s the Mercedes S-Class at $92,000-$115,000. Drivable..
Do we do more housing or more parks and open space? Do we allocate more wilderness with public access or..
Mark Takai hails from Democrat country west of Red Hill – so Democrat that since his election to the state..
Mark the date on your calendar: Sept 26, 2013, a group of students and teachers are going to rally at..
I love football. I don’t celebrate New Year’s Jan. 1, I celebrate Aug. 15 or whatever August date the NFL..
We certainly learned a lot about our judicial system over the past weeks, thanks to the Christopher Deedy trial that..
Secrets-leaker Bradley Manning says he’s now a she named Chelsea and wants the military prison to treat him as a..
Following this year’s Gridiron show, sales-women in dress departments across Oahu faced lines of overweight, post-menopausal women. Each had the..
“We’re putting together volunteers and activists to help continue our important consumer protection work in Hawaii and start a Funeral..
One of the poorest reasons for having “hygiene centers” constructed as a way of combating our “out of control” homeless..
Too many of my friends these days flinch at the sight of me. They look away, strike up a conversation..