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Dov Fischer begins his “American Thinker” commentary June 29 with a startling assertion: “Chief Justice John Roberts has handed a..
I suppose whether you call the health care law recently upheld by the Supreme Court “Obamacare” or the Patient Protection..
You’ve probably seen the ad by now. An off-camera interviewer stops a muumuu-clad local woman on the street, hands her..
Some members of the Honolulu City Council Budget Committee are questioning the number of public relations people associated with the..
We need to rewrite the Constitution of the United States. It was created so long ago that little which vexes..
Should illegal immigrants be allowed to vote? Of course not. Are they voting? Maybe a few here and there. Should..
From my lanai in Aiea I can see the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor commemorating the loss of 1,177 sailors..
It seems potholes have plagued isle roads from the beginning of time. So it was no big surprise that there..
Dear reader, please indulge me. I’ll be jumping around this week, because the political news is coming too fast and..
If you’re liberal in your political outlook, you’re supposed to be fairly knee-jerk about unions. Unions are generally good; employers..
It’s not easy to be a teacher. There are plenty of hurdles to leap over, credentials to be earned and..
Kirk Caldwell is getting inside my head. I’m not kidding here. He’s messing with me. A couple of days after..
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s win in a recall election last Tuesday may have awakened a unionized monster that’s been asleep..
This Thursday is Flag Day. It’s not an official holiday, but it marks the day back in 1777 when we..
The June 5 candidate filing deadline has come and gone, and after two redistricting plans and two legal challenges, we..
Governments big and small tend to nibble away at the First Amendment that prohibits them from abridging our freedom of..
This week: two rants plus a correction for the price of one column. What a deal. Rant No. 1. Over..
Do you get the feeling that something unethical is going on behind the taxpayers’ backs? Last week I thought there..
Let’s just call this my “once and for all clear the air” column. In my very first MidWeek column some..
