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Finishing a marathon calls for jubilation – hugs from spouses and friends, cold libations, smiles exchanged with fellow finishers all..
Our whole marriage/civil union thing is archaic and needs to be restructured. Why is the state “licensing” any of this..
In 1961, Harcourt, Brace and World published Hawaii Pono: A Social History by Lawrence H. Fuchs. “One of the major..
There was a time in our political history when we looked down on government leaders who changed their minds on..
In 1964, I was one of the “Red Hot” young instructor pilots at the Vigilante training squadron in Central Florida...
A recent Star-Advertiser editorial called for “repairing the reputation” of the University of Hawaii. The writer said the main problem..
We are fortunate to have a mayor who likes to talk about what he’s going to do for us taxpayers...
Three years ago, Catholic Charities Hawaii (CCH) moved into a seven-building campus on two-and-half acres of land in Makiki. It..
So, why do all those incumbent politicians yearn so mightily for higher office instead of being satisfied with the one..
Of all the new acronyms and abbreviations we use now in everyday communication by email, texting or twittering, like LOL..
Finding signs of life in Hawaii’s Republican Party can be frustrating – almost as frustrating as being a Republican in..
After all of the sign-waving and horn-honking, it looks like Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) has a new contract with..
Here comes Easter. And The Economist, the best English-language news magazine still publishing, has declared hell and heaven to be..
Japan is providing $5 million to the United States to help with collection and disposal of marine debris from the..
Honolulu City Councilman Stanley Chang thinks that after years of talking about it, studying it and anguishing over it, we..
I’m not sure how seriously we Americans take the North Koreans. I think our general attitude is, “They can huff..
Like so many of you, I watched on TV the introduction of the new pope, Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio,..
As our legislators promised, they introduced a total of 18 gambling bills covering the entire spectrum of the gaming industry...
The question I’m most frequently asked of late is not, “Howareya?” or “How’s the missus?” or “Howya like the weather..
