Hawaiian Honored For Sustainable Seafood
Hawaii resident Luka Mossman is among 12 individuals nationwide that President Obama’s administration plans to honor Friday as “White House Champions of Change for Sustainable Seafood.” He serves as...
View ArticleFire Fighters Endorse Caldwell
Add yet another endorsement for Kirk Caldwell in his re-election campaign. On Tuesday the 2,100 member Hawaii Fire Fighters Association (which also has 900 retired fire fighters statewide) said it...
View ArticleA Fix For Road Rage?
A resolution scheduled for a final vote tomorrow before city officials aims to urge the Hawaii Legislature to do something to “cage the rage.” Road rage, that is. Honolulu City Council member Joey...
View ArticleA Finnish Case Against The U.S. Common Core Standards
During the early 2000s, the notion of educational standards became publicly familiar through news reports of developments within K-12 education. The discussion around standards, however, has often been...
View ArticleHow The American Online Sex Trade Continues To Thrive
America has always had an underground sex trade, and for decades most pimps followed the same general script: they’d recruit sex workers on the street, in bars and in strip clubs. But over the past 20...
View ArticleVoters Can Bolster Police Oversight By Passing Honolulu Ballot Measure
Of the 20 proposed amendments to the City and County of Honolulu charter set to go before voters this fall, one in particular stands out in its simplicity, timeliness and lasting value: Amendment 1,...
View ArticleHawaii Is Getting Help From The Feds To Fend Off Election Hackers
With elections systems in more than 20 states now reported to have come under attack from hackers, Hawaii officials are working with federal authorities to make sure it doesn’t happen here. “Hawaii is...
View ArticleWhat Will Anosh Yaqoob Do If He’s Elected? He Has No Idea
One thing that makes Anosh Yaqoob’s candidacy to become Oahu’s top prosecutor so unusual is that he really has no plan for what to do if elected. Yaqoob is a 33-year-old Iolani School graduate who was...
View ArticleWhat To Do About Oahu’s Crumbling Correctional Center
Nothing on Gov. David Ige’s wish list for the 2016 legislative session was more costly than House Bill 2388: nearly $500 million to relocate the crumbling Oahu Community Correctional Center. The bill...
View ArticleLibertarians Give Ige An ‘F’
In its 13th biennial fiscal report card, the libertarian Cato Institute awarded Hawaii Gov. David Ige an “F” when it comes to fiscal responsibility. Here’s what the institute’s Chris Edwards had to say...
View Article‘O’Reilly’ Video Fires Up Schatz
The video segment featured on “O’Reilly Factor” Tuesday night is drawing the ire of many Asian-American groups and others, who decry what they describe as racist portrayals of Chinese-Americans. Brian...
View ArticleMarshall Islands’ Claim Rejected
The United Nation’s top court on Wednesday rejected a claim brought by the Marshall Islands against Britain, India and Pakistan “that they were not doing enough to halt a nuclear arms race.” That’s...
View ArticleHawaii News Media Convinces Feds To Open ‘Fishing Slavery’ Meetings
Hawaii media outlets banded together this week to protest being shut out of a meeting between commercial fishing vessel owners and government officials to discuss concerns about the treatment of...
View ArticleWill Colin Kaepernick Always Have To Take A Knee?
When will race relations in this country ever be sufficiently “better” that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his supporters can feel comfortable ending their protests? A personal...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Drowsy Driving Can Be As Dangerous As Drunken Driving
I didn’t feel that tired, or so I thought. When I got behind the wheel in my rental car this past week, after a long 10 hours of flying across the country, I figured the 45 minute drive home wouldn’t...
View ArticleThe Feds Should Give Hawaii More Time To Figure Out A Rail Plan
With an interim plan now formally on the table, the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and the city have complied with a Federal Transit Administration requirement for consideration of any...
View ArticleWhy It’s So Hard To Find Serious Candidates For City Prosecutor
Peter Carlisle was the top prosecutor in Honolulu just six years ago. And even if he would like to run for the office again when it comes up for grabs in 2020 he can’t. By that time Carlisle will no...
View ArticleThere’s A Big Mess At The Papahanaumokuakea Monument
Kure Atoll, a speck of land in a federally protected marine area nearly 1,400 miles northwest of Honolulu, provides a safe haven for seabirds, rare fish, endangered seals and coral reefs. And now, at...
View ArticleVoter Registration Deadline Nears
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 8 general election is Oct. 10 — that’s Monday by 4:30 p.m. (Note: Effective this year, qualified Hawaii residents who are not registered may go in-person to...
View ArticleManahan Likes Caldwell For Mayor
Honolulu City Council member Joey Manahan on Thursday joined colleagues Ikaika Anderson, Brandon Elefante and Kymberly Pine in supporting Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s re-election. The announcement was made at...
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