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“So what’s this display with bomb fragments?” I asked Pacific Aviation Museum curator Burl Burlingame during a tour of the..
I’ll never forget the sense of betrayal I felt when, in 1992, America watched the beating of Rodney King, a..
The question of this month, next month and October is: Can Duke Aiona (R) or Mufi Hannemann (I) defeat David..
Four years ago, Neil Abercrombie resigned a safe seat in the United States Congress to run for governor. He easily..
As I pen this column, my fingers are crossed for the continuation of a cease-fire between Israel and the Gaza..
I’m not qualified to judge whether Tom Apple was or was not an effective chancellor at University of Hawaii at..
I flew over to Hilo the Sunday before last. That morning Honolulu Star-Advertiser had published Hawaii Poll’s numbers on the..
Here comes Primary Election Saturday! I don’t endorse candidates. But I can share some of the things that guide me...
For a political columnist, the last two weeks before the election threaten sandstorms. Aridity reigns. The debates or forums have..
I’ve never been a fan of big weddings: the astronomically expensive wedding gown, the tossing of bridal bouquet and garter,..
It would be hypocritical for me to rage against advertising. Ads finance my MidWeek columns. Ads paid my 28 years..
A recent Wall Street Journal contained a very poignant article reminding us of the true nature of the enemy we..
As a freelance scribbler, I’ve reviewed books and written about politicians, but what I’ve always wanted to review is movies...
I am not a campaign-strategy guru, but my 51 years here give my nose a good scent for campaign strategies..
I wrote my first “Mostly Politics” column for MidWeek in October 1991. I was coming off a dozen years of..
(Historical Note: MidWeek was four years away from its birth when the first Hawaii 5-0 — originally to be titled..
They say time flies when you’re having a good time. I was recently called upon to come up with the..
It’s MidWeek‘s 30th anniversary next week. Almost my 26th year as a columnist here. A chunk of my young-adult life..
How do I find traction on a crowded field, none of whom has previously run in anything larger than a..
