Column: Hawaii poised to bolster dementia care
What they need now is not another reminder to love harder. They need help. Read more
Island Voices
Column: Ding-Dong! Implausible RCP8.5 climate scenario dead
As most current world climate policies are based on RCP8.5, this dramatic development upends the current paradigm, requiring reexamination of current policy. Read more
Column: Hawaii needs golf strategy, not tournaments
The cancellation of major PGA tournaments is not the cause of Hawaii’s golf challenges. It is a symptom. Read more
Column: Hawaii’s policies on sea level rise too strict, ease up
While we should take practical action to adapt, we should not allow ourselves to be misled into costly and unnecessary restrictions that negatively impact life in Hawaii. Read more
Column: Rolling back climate scenario does not roll back risks
Weakening our clean energy goals because one emissions scenario has been retired would send exactly the wrong message. Read more
Column: Understand Hawaii healthcare problem before trying to solve it
Hawaii is having a serious and increasingly urgent conversation about healthcare. Read more
Column: State ‘millionaire tax’ might backfire
Lawmakers sometimes forget that tax policy does not play out in a vacuum. Read more
Column: Take smart steps to treat wastewater
Honolulu’s Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant presents a difficult public-policy question: How should the city meet federal wastewater-treatment requirements without imposing unnecessary costs on residents? Read more
Column: On America’s 250th, let the Pacific still mean, bring peace
Over the Fourth of July weekend, most of us in Hawaii knew the feeling well. The grill is going. The keiki are sandy and sunburned or tired from parades. Read more
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Column: Mainland ties cloud proposed healthcare alliance
The public campaign from HMSA and Hawaii Pacific Health has been hard to miss, extolling One Health Hawai‘i and promising local governance, coordination, choice and sustainability. Read more
Column: Time to stop cruel animal testing
With so many companies marketing their products as “cruelty-free,” it’s easy to assume the practice is a relic of the past. Read more
Column: Hawaii should have been there at Great American State Fair
I recently had the privilege of visiting the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., where Americans from across the country gathered to celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. Read more
Column: How a gun road rage incident reminds us of our values
We all may owe a debt of gratitude to the man recently arrested for shooting a gun during a road rage incident in Kailua. He’s an example of precisely the type behavior we despise in Hawaii. Read more
Column: Apprenticeship opens door to opportunity
At 22 years old and just months away from earning journey- level status as a union carpenter, I often reflect on how one opportunity changed the course of my life. Read more
Column: Tax will keep homes in local hands
As faith-driven leaders, we witness the human impact of Hawaii’s housing crisis every day. Read more
Column: Distrust of Navy stirs Aiea-Halawa water safety concerns
As a retired research hydrologist who spent my career at the Environmental Protection Agency studying how contaminants move through ground- water, I’ve reviewed the laboratory reports and pilot study data from Red Hill. Read more
Column: Pressures on fresh local ahi need easing
Do you want your ahi to come from Hawaii, ice-chilled and caught under strict regulatory oversight, or do you want tuna that is previously frozen, injected with additives and caught by foreign fleets operating with impunity? Read more
Column: Policy protects free expression at UH
We welcome continued debate, scrutiny and engagement. These conversations embody the very academic freedom we are committed to protecting. Read more
Column: Green’s energy deal lacking on cost, safety and environment
Gov. Josh Green does Hawaii no favors seeking the federal government’s assistance in financing his liquefied natural gas (LNG) agenda, or pushing no-bid contracts for LNG trader JERA. Read more
Column: Isles are wrong place for military’s unproven nuclear reactor
After nearly a century of nuclear testing in the Pacific, military bombing of Hawaiian lands and the poisoning of drinking water at Red Hill, Hawaii is being lined up as a proving ground for an untested nuclear military program. Read more
Column: There are no shortcuts in mental health
Hawaii has urgent mental health needs. Too many people wait too long for care, and some cannot get it at all. But Senate Bill 847 is the wrong answer. Read more
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Column: Ding-Dong! Implausible RCP8.5 climate scenario dead
Column: Rolling back climate scenario does not roll back risks
Column: Hawaii’s policies on sea level rise too strict, ease up
Column: Hawaii needs golf strategy, not tournaments
Column: Hawaii poised to bolster dementia care
