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In his lifetime, Dan Inouye did the seemingly impossible: He gave the profession of politics a good name. He didn’t..
As I write, the fiscal dance apropos the fiscal cliff continues in our nation’s capital. We all know the moves...
Editor’s note: Soon after Bob Jones filed this column, Hawaii public worker unions, miffed at State House Speaker Calvin Say..
It was not surprising that Michigan passed the controversial “Right to Work” law last week. The history of labor in..
Those national budget talks need some heavy-dose shots of reality. First, the GOP needs to stop talking about how it..
I’ve come to the conclusion that the holidays are for celebrating the good things in life and not protesting government..
First came Black Friday, then Small Business Saturday followed by Cyber Monday. Out of fear engendered by television footage of..
They get elected Hawaii governor, they come into office with a lot of public support, then they poop out. They..
At age 90, my mother-in-law doesn’t get around as well as she once did, so the past few elections she’s..
Driving around the island this time of the year is very interesting. You would expect people to be in a..
I watch Hawaii Five-0 religiously, except when it’s in reruns and the episode is so terrible I can’t tolerate it..
Last week things were looking better for the protracted battle going on between the state and the Hawaii State Teacher’s..
In the Nov. 14, 2012, edition of MidWeek, my fellow columnist Larry Price commented on the recent study by the..
Abraham Lincoln has been given to us in many forms. He’s the granite savior of the Union, watching over us..
“More than 9 million Americans served in the military during the Vietnam War. Three and-a-half million served in Southeast Asia...
So the candidates, winners and losers alike, have taken down their signs. No one waves at us in the early..
It looks like the rail system is going to be built in the next 20 years, so I think the..
Writing a book is not something I’d want to do twice! You start, stop, decide to give it up. Years..
INVICTUS Out of the night that covers me Black as the pit from pole to pole. I thank whatever gods..
