Letters — Your voice — for July 25
Lack of action led to lawsuit
Want cheaper prescriptions? Start bargaining
President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders wrote in a recent op-ed that there’s “no rational reason” why Americans pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs — almost three times more than their peers overseas, according to a recent analysis.
Letters to the editor for July 23
The case of the missing pocketknife
Why chronic diseases are even scarier than bird flu
So far, the U.S. has gotten off relatively easy when it comes to bird flu. Humans have, at least. Although the virus has propagated across the nation — infecting countless farmed animals, spreading to wildlife and killing them, sickening farm workers, affecting egg prices and contaminating cow’s milk — it hasn’t yet been fatal for humans in this country.
What’s present, and absent, in that hugely influential Trump rally photo
And suddenly it was everywhere.
Letters — Your Voice — for July 20
Trump ‘is a waste of perfectly good oxygen’
Letters — Your voice — for July 19
Save Keauhou Bay from development
Westside Stories: Calming words
A bullet zinged by his ear and our world was shaken.
Letters — your voice — for July 18
Concerns about non-native bees
How best to prepare for a brokered convention
As the political world hangs on whether Joe Biden continues his presidential campaign, an obvious question is how the Democratic Party might pick a new nominee. Its options are limited, given the primary season is long past and the Aug. 19 convention is only weeks away. But they are worth getting right for this year and future presidential cycles.
We don’t need to live in a world of climate doom
During extreme climate events — like the record heat waves we’re experiencing this summer — people who know me as a climate activist often ask: How do you stay hopeful? How do you keep fighting when the effects of climate change keep getting worse?
Letters to the editor for July 16
A ‘cultish’ obsession with assault rifles
FEMA’s looming budget deficit calls for resources and new thinking
As communities along the Gulf Coast begin the cleanup from Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall Monday as a weakened Category 1 storm, they should find comfort in knowing that help is coming. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is well schooled in disaster recovery and has been on the ground since spring, when some of those same areas suffered flooding in uncommonly heavy rains.
It’s not just hype. AI could revolutionize diagnosis in medicine
The history of medical diagnosis is a march through painstaking observation. Ancient Egyptian physicians first diagnosed urinary tract infections by observing patterns in patients’ urine. To diagnose diseases of the heart and lungs, medieval doctors added core elements of the physical examination: pulse, palpation and percussion. The 20th century saw the addition of laboratory studies, and the 21st century of sophisticated imaging and genetics.
Letters — Your voice — for July 13
Unhosted vacation rentals are a problem
As I See It: The Ukraine war
Putin’s war on Ukraine is killing people in Europe, especially Poland, not instantly, but inevitably. This is due to an increase in air pollution from battlefield operations and the disruption of natural gas supplies that forces Poles and others to rely on dirtier fuels. They may have to do without some modern amenities.
Letters- Your voice – for July 11
Ruling by SCOTUS makes little sense
Letters — Your voice — for July 10
Share your thoughts about Keauhou plan
Teaching your kids to swim this summer? Steer clear of floaties
In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: floaties. These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false sense of security with the assumption that the inflatables will keep their kids safe and help teach them to swim.
‘Equity’ short circuits EV charging station construction
Nothing is more inefficient than the government working at cross purposes. Just look at the Biden administration’s attempts to build charging stations for electric vehicles.