I read Aunty Anne Hamilton’s letter with amusement. She claimed that the protectors are bad-faith actors. I visited the protectors’ camp and there was a spirit of aloha, good faith, education, reverence, respectfulness and non-violence. Everyone in the camp had a smile and aloha was present for all to feel.

TMT loss would be catastrophe

Open letter to Gov. Ige and Mayor Harry Kim

To elders expressing exasperation in editorials about the TMT conflict last week: It’s sad to read God-quoting, hymn-singing people reduce important, emotional Native Hawaiian religious issues to a metaphor about out-of-reach cookies.

As coach would say, ‘Do your job’

Immigrants need help, not hate

Trump a curious constitutional omission

In a unanimous vote, the Honolulu City Council on Sept. 4 joined the Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii county councils in approving resolutions to hold Bank of America accountable for its unfulfilled commitment to Hawaiian Homelands beneficiaries. As a council member for Hawaii County, I am inspired and encouraged by the opportunity for all four counties to work together to resolve this quarter century of injustice.

Not protectors, bad faith actors

Singing letter writer’s praises

The fractious Congress returns after Labor Day (oh, joy!), but this fall there just happens to be an excellent chance the Senate could take a significant, almost uniquely bipartisan, step toward bringing down the cost of prescription drugs by passing the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA).

Going back in time, between 1906-1908 a famous archaeologist named Stokes identified a religious temple, the Haukalua Heiau. In 1973 the area now known as Laaloa Beach Park was placed on the State of Hawaii Registry of Historic Places, the religious temple (Haukalua Heiau) was listed as well as several burials and other historic properties. The County of Hawaii condemned the property in 1993 to build a parking lot.

We all learned, or at least were shown, the scientific method in high school, maybe junior high.

Sacredness not a tool to divide

Column provides unintended chuckle

Protest bank instead

Teachers shouldn’t have to fundraise

No more luxury projects
until local needs met

To understand land ownership in Hawaii requires a little history.