I can be rough on our public officials sometimes, so I always like to start the new year by putting the pointed analysis aside and smoothing any feathers I may have ruffled in the previous year. Read more
Sometimes it takes a twisting road to reach the right destination. Read more
I’m a snob about being unstylish, and when the new Apple Watch came out a few years ago I mocked people I saw wearing it. Read more
One of the few things the current generation of government leadership excels at is passing vexing problems to future generations. Read more
As impeachment proceedings grind on against Donald Trump, it’s fair to ask how much toxic national drama we could be spared if congressional Republicans acted like the patriots they claim to be instead of an unprincipled president’s enablers. Read more
It’s time for the city clerk and state court to stop hiding behind technicalities and provide meaningful guidance on what it would take to impeach city Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro. Read more
After long frustration in solving Oahu’s pervasive homelessness, there are welcome signs progress is being made. Read more
Kymberly Pine defends her staunch support of the troubled $9.2 billion rail project, a priority in her Leeward district, but advocates greater scrutiny of rail spending. Read more
If the latest Democratic presidential debate was Tulsi Gabbard’s last chance to show she belongs in the race for the White House, it only proved the opposite. Read more
It’s been a long time since the Hawaii Republican Party was a force to be taken seriously, and it will be less so with Cynthia Thielen’s departure from the Legislature. Read more
Anyone who doubts there’s much voter appetite for the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry only need look at the flip-flop by Hawaii congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard after she initially opposed the House probe. Read more
It’s the last Sunday in September and time to flASHback on the month’s news that amused and confused. Read more
The Thirty Meter Telescope appears at a dead end for now, leaving a chance for Gov. David Ige and Hawaiian protesters to end the rising rancor and negotiate a good-faith moratorium to reopen the public road to Mauna Kea’s summit. Read more
Few believe the city will complete Oahu rail to Ala Moana Center for the $9.2 billion total it projects, and we hear much speculation about the real final construction tab. $10 billion? $12 billion? $15 billion? Read more
Once again, the Caldwell administration pleaded with the City Council last week for high-priced outside lawyers to fight federal corruption probes, claiming it lacks expertise in-house. Read more
I first encountered Keith Amemiya in 1998 when the young lawyer hired to lead the Hawaii High School Athletic Association felt the newspaper unfairly hammered his inexperience. Read more
Mayor Kirk Caldwell and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation have been notoriously bad at taking care of taxpayer money while building the grossly over-budget Oahu rail line. Read more
Perhaps there’s a more current acronym of salty origin to best express public sentiment: Hey, Ige! WTF? Read more
Common Cause and the League of Women Voters last week awarded the 2019 Legislature its “Rusty Scalpel” award for using the deceitful gut-and-replace tactic to provide $350 million for a new stadium. Read more
One of the tragedies of the corruption scandal involving former Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his prosecutor wife, Katherine, was that our city couldn’t police its own wrongdoing and federal authorities had to come in and do it for us. Read more
City Councilwoman Heidi Tsuneyoshi is fighting a noble battle to force into the open the secretive dealings that have caused rail construction costs to balloon from $5.2 billion to $9.2 billion and counting. Read more
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