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The paralysis with which our country faces the crises of health care and global climate change is enough to make..
You have to admire the work our legislators handle this time of the year. They have so many things to..
In their jointly written Wall Street Journal opinion column (Feb. 26, 2013), Sens. Corker (R-Tenn.) and Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking members..
There’s a lot of talk around town about accountability these days. An accountability study is under way at the University..
San Francisco has banned nudity on city property. I’m good with that. Our society isn’t comfortable with exhibitionists letting it..
A Peace Corps buddy and his wife visited recently. They had lived in Hawaii at the beginning of his career..
Somebody at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo is paying attention to you fans – and even to me, as..
In spring 1975, UH professor Paul Hooper and I drove to Kailua to interview Gov. John A. Burns for the..
After the Stevie Wonder “blunder,” there was a consensus among those who keep an eye on the University of Hawaii..
I just don’t get it! President Obama has successfully expanded the Bush drone offensive against al-Qaida and its ilk, and..
This has been a very boring but educational legislative session. I was surprised that the same-sex marriage bill went down..
I had a short but very special overseas assignment with the U.S. Air Force in 1956, but I wasn’t allowed..
Have any of my 11 regular readers bought a pack of cigarettes lately? I haven’t either. In fact, I never..
News item: Lost hikers keep Oahu rescue crews busy. Should we start charging people the cost of rescue when they..
Lawmakers promised – and delivered – legislation that would prompt heated discussion on legalized gambling in the state of Hawaii...
On Super Bowl Sunday, I attended what a close friend of mine – and a certified football fan and partier..
Next Tuesday (Feb. 12) will mark a supremely happy occasion for me – the 40th anniversary of my release to..
Hawaii’s gun laws are among the strictest in the country. They require licensing of gun dealers, registration of firearms with..
I get a good sense of what’s bugging people by reading letters to the editor. I wish our leaders and..
