The coming week or so will be hugely consequential in Hawaii’s battle against coronavirus — the consequence being, more or fewer illnesses and deaths from the infectious disease it causes, COVID-19. Read more
The global pandemic is a crisis, worse than anything in modern memory. It has driven many millions into their homes for safety. Read more
Rebuilding likely will be a halting process extending out for months or years, as individuals re-establish their financial security. Read more
Collectively, a community that wears masks protects each other. But it’s social distancing and good hygiene, still, that are the best defenses. Read more
Information technology has been a great enabler of people to work from home in these difficult times. Unfortunately, IT also has enabled ever more scammers trying to take your money. Hold tight, and stay alert. Read more
The entire state itself is in dire atrophy. Ige and government bureaucrats need to move now to repurpose idle workers or furlough them, to insulate Hawaii as much as possible against untenable bloat. Read more
As the number of reported coronavirus cases keeps climbing, two big unanswered questions hang in the air: Will we ever get control of this thing? And how will we know when we do? Read more
The same aspect of island life that produces many challenges — remote isolation, high living costs — is ironically offering some measure of protection for Hawaii in the pandemic era. Read more
Pandemic or not, there is a lot growing in Hawaii, a positive kind of growth. One is food: Hawaii’s farmers have local crops ready for distribution to open markets, but the concern about the coronavirus spread has shut many of them down. Read more
It’s not good to have the keiki idling at home for an extended period of time — and a spring break that stretched from a one-week respite, to six more weeks and counting, certainly is an unwelcome extension. Read more
Nobody can know what’s ahead in these unprecedented times, but help is on the way. There is at least comfort to be drawn simply in knowing that. Read more
Other states have begun releasing those who can rejoin the community safely, so that prisons don’t become a haven for the virus. Hawaii should follow suit, with utmost care but without delay. Read more
When called on to deal with catastrophic demands for government service, anything less than critical is going to be pushed to the back burner, or just switched off altogether. That is not surprising. Read more
While state and county leaders have rightly stepped up efforts aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, stay-at-home restrictions — now in place through April — are spurring spread of another contagion: stress. Read more
It’s hard to imagine a tougher decision point for any elected official, but it’s for precisely these decisions that they are elected. Read more
Hawaii public schools’ traditional one-week spring break has been extended to three due to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more
This is a global economy, a global community. Hawaii residents are part of it all: We also enjoy traveling, and not only to Las Vegas and the mainland, but to Asia, the Pacific and elsewhere in the world. Read more
Every Saturday, we’ll present these short-take editorials to reflect on some of the week’s news. Read more
Among the actions seized upon as Hawaii struggles to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak is a nighttime curfew on Kauai, during which all but individuals in select groups — delivery drivers, essential workers and those seeking medical attention — must remain in their residences. Read more
These are people who are among the most vulnerable of all to the coronavirus that is striking a gradually, steadily increasing number of patients every day, bringing serious illness or death to a sobering number of victims around the world. Read more
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