Letters to the Editor: 01-28-20
Err on the side of caution and open more Voter Service Centers
Letters to the Editor: 1-26-20
Coffee farmers unite
to change blend law
Catalan secessionists ladle a soup of fiction and paranoia
Beneath the sleek surface of this sparkling Mediterranean metropolis boil passions generated by Spains version of identity politics. The passions are aroused by demagogues who hope to shatter a nation. The turmoil in Catalonia the northeastern of Spains 17 regions, which exercise considerable autonomy (over police, health care, education, etc.) is the toll taken by lies used to manufacture grievances. This is pertinent to the United (for now) Kingdom, and wherever populist resentment-mongers stoke feelings of victimization.
Who is to blame for the mess we are in?
As of 2018, Hawaii County had an estimated population (those for whom the island is their primary residence) of 200,983.
My Turn: ‘Aloha spirit’ alive and well on Maunakea
This past Sunday, Jan. 19, my friend, Eric, and I and my dog drove on the Mauna Kea Access Road to the summit of the mountain to check out the condition of the snow. Eric has been a surfer and skier for a longtime. Somewhere above the Visitors Center, still on the 4-wheel-drive part of the road, one of the four ranger SUVs on duty that day, was behind us. Eric pulled over to the right and waved to the ranger to pass. Instead of passing, the ranger pulled up beside us and motioned for Eric to roll down the window, which Eric did, only for the ranger to inform us that it is not allowed to stop on this road.
Commentary: School meal nutrition rollbacks are far from ‘common sense’
On Jan. 17, Michelle Obamas birthday, the Trump administration proposed rollbacks in nutrition standards in the school meal program. Under the proposal, legumes and potatoes will count as vegetables, fewer fruits will be served at breakfast and a la carte meals will allow students to select items high in fat.
Letters to the Editor: 01-24-20
Outstanding effort
deserves kudos
My Turn: Sit-lie ban, why not Kona?
Why not Kona?
Commentary: Senators at Trump’s impeachment trial aren’t impartial ‘jurors.’ But they shouldn’t be partisan hacks either
Reporters who cover Congress are rightly protesting restrictions on press coverage of President Trumps Senate impeachment trial. In a letter to Senate leaders, my Los Angeles Times colleague Sarah D. Wire, who chairs the Standing Committee of Correspondents, objected among other things to a proposal that reporters be confined to pens preventing them from freely accessing senators as they come to and from the chamber.
My Turn: Impeachment is a political death trap
Who would have ever thought that the timing of everything is so unique in the political world. On one side, you have a president who has the possibility of being booted out of office, and on the other hand, a charismatic orchestration of divine opposition to that president.
Letters to the Editor: 01-22-20
Not the photo wanted
Trump pushes his party to normalize corruption
With the impeachment trial of Donald Trump beginning in earnest, right-wing populism has come full circle. Trump was elected on the theory that American politics had become corrupt and broken. Now he is calling upon his party and his followers to normalize corruption and brokenness as essential features of our political order. It is a bold maneuver by a skilled demagogue. Trump has cultivated disrespect for politics as a dirty business and now seeks to benefit from dramatically lowered public standards.
Letters to the Editor: 01-21-20
Dream world where
we get services
Letters to the editor: 01-19-20
Raising fees doesnt have to be the answer for AVs
Obenski column: All governments lie — and that’s the truth
Government lies or governments lie the expressions are like yin and yang. For 20 years the governments told us the lower speed limit was saving lives. When states raised the speed limit to 65 on rural interstate highways, the accident rate in those states decreased, we were told oafishly, I mean officially, that the number of accidents on rural interstates had increased.
Letters to the editor: 01-18-20
Easy impeachment vote
Making Waves: Tribute to our departing editor
The captains stepping down.
My Turn: King exemplified today’s shift toward radical roots
The upcoming federal holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an occasion to remember the movement in which he labored so prominently. This particular election year, King and that movement strike an even stronger relevance.
Letters to the editor: 01-15-20
Kahele rant needs rebuttal
My Turn: Make sure Gabbard’s replacement is worthy of job
As a registered voter of the second congressional district of the State of Hawaii, I was absolutely delighted to hear that Tulsi Gabbard has decided not to run for reelection.