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Goodbye, Tom. Goodbye, Gib. Goodbye, Ben. Who’s next? Let’s get right to it: What’s wrong at University of Hawaii? Presidents,..
Those of us who espoused same-gender marriage on the grounds that government should not control whom we marry find ourselves..
Why would a Florida mega-electric company want to buy a small, mid-Pacific electric utility? Simple. That small, mid-Pacific electric company..
Did President Obama defile the Constitution by halting some immigration prosecution, exempting some ObamaCare mandates and granting waivers to No..
In this column, I’m turning over a new leaf. I’m finished with my anti-Obama crusade. Mmmhmm, you might think; why..
Call this one: “Confessions of a Chorister Who Can’t Carry a Tune,” an ongoing tragicomedy in several acts. My 11..
All that news media coverage of Bill Cosby’s alleged sexual misbehavior has made me a bit queasy. Had I been..
I respond to the sound of the U.S. mail carrier’s truck like Pavlov’s dog to the ringing of the bell...
I’ll be sitting down Thanksgiving evening to a dinner with my wife and six friends, and I know I’m expected..
Last week I was in our nation’s Capitol, and as is my usual routine, I spent some time at the..
The national Republican Party enjoyed a terrific off-year election. The GOP grew its majority in the U.S. House of Representatives..
There’s nothing quite like witnessing, close up, a Big Island volcanic eruption and the subsequent flow of either smooth pahoehoe..
Yawning was the order of general election day 2014. Did I miss anything that might excite? No, Democrats won every..
Memo to: Pat Saiki, GOP State Chair woman Did you have a moment last Tuesday when you wished you were..
My deadline for submitting copy to MidWeek is Wednesday at noon. Occasionally, I nail it. (“Very occasionally,” my editor mumbles..
I hope most of you readers will agree with this: That was a pathetic attempt by police union president Tenari..
One of the lasting realizations from our recent trip to Manhattan: The place is perpetually under repair or construction. It..
Most everyone I meet has an idea how to make our education system better. The perception persists here that we..
With a scant two weeks left before General Election Day 2014, Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Aiona and wife Vivian found..
