Pearl Harbor traffic will be heavy, so watch out

Several 75th Pearl Harbor commemoration events, some of which are expected to draw crowds of thousands, are slated for next week on Oahu. In the mix will be survivors of the aerial attack that launched the United States into World War II. For some, the observances may be a last chance to pay tribute and see shipmates and others from that era.

The move, on the part of city and state officials, to present a traffic- control plan well before crowds assemble Monday evening in Waikiki or on Wednesday morning at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is helpful to motorists and signals respect for participating military members and civilians.

ACA or no ACA? Hawaii may be OK either way

A lot of politics-watchers on the national scene are forecasting health-care tumult, and for good reason. President-elect Donald Trump has settled on U.S. Rep. Tom Price as his nominee to be Department of Health and Human Services secretary.

Most of the experts see this as a sign of the GOP leadership’s resolve to repeal the Affordable Care Act fairly promptly, as Rice, a former surgeon, has been an avowed ACA critic.

But in Hawaii, a proposed ACA waiver seeks to return the state largely to its pre-ACA status quo, anyway. So perhaps everything old will be new again.