Visiting the USS Arizona Memorial this week, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said he’ll be disappointed if repairs to its disabled dock are not completed by October. We’re already disappointed walk-on visitation to the site — one of the most revered spots in American battle history — has not been possible since last May.

Last summer, National Park Service officials estimated the site would reopen by October 2018. After that deadline — and others — were missed, two months ago they aimed for a “fall” completion date. Yes, the safety-related fix is complicated and funding has required regulatory hoop-jumping — but let’s hope the repairs are soon in place.

UH boasts ‘No. 1 Asian law school’

Of course, it’s great to see a shout-out for the William S. Richardson School of Law being “No. 1 Asian law school in the U.S., based on student enrollment, faculty and other factors.” That’s the wording in the current issue of preLaw Magazine, in a roundup on western regional law schools.

One wished for an explainer. Was curriculum one of the other factors, for instance? The article also says “it leads the country for Pacific-Asian legal studies,” though, so it’s surely not just demographics.