Every once in a while, legislators are abstract to the point of being comical. Our Legislature’s latest effort to pass..
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Some folks seem to feel nostalgic for the Cold War. Arizona Sen. John Mccain, for example. The former Republican presidential..
I don’t think anyone can say with a straight face that this has been a what-people-expected first term for Gov...
Former Gov. Linda Lingle must be doing backflips over the Legislature’s decision to shorten the school year after she was..
All politics,” it’s said, “are local.” So let’s start here at home, but be forewarned that before the period’s placed..
The nomination of Kailua High School grad Michael Wilson to the Hawaii Supreme Court should be rejected by the state..
MidWeek usually appears in our Pearl City mail box late Tuesday afternoon. I fetch it, check the letters section for..
I like this period of the legislative session because the real politicians rise to the surface and do things you..
A formula exists for “states of,” as in State of the Union, State of the State or, one of the..
Count me – the son of a union family – among those who would support some version here of Wisconsin’s..
Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor is a wonderful success story that just keeps going – and growing. Occupying two..
Well, we survived another round of State of the State, State of the City, and State of Local Political Promises...
The volcanic Galápagos Islands, 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, have had permanent human habitation only since 1833. So..
The most hackneyed phrase in the political lexicon belongs to the nameless politician who, upon reading a poll that showed..
One of the hottest topics in college athletics right now is the possibility that the National Labor Relations Board will..
After state Rep. Bob Mc-Dermott released his report critical of Pono Choice, a proposed state Department of Education sex-education program,..
This week’s column borrows from the closing comments of former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in his speech to the..
In the past year, I’ve heard Tony Ching’s presentation on Hawaii Community Development Authority’s (HCDA) master plan for Kakaako on..
I haven’t been comfortable with University of Hawaii sports program financing for many years. I loved the old Fabulous Five..
He’s a Russian spy come over to our side. Victor Sheymov is a former high-level KGB operative who fled to..
