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I am concerned about the potential legalization of marijuana in Hawaii. While the topic is multifaceted, I believe it could pose significant risks to public health, safety and our cultural heritage. Read more
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It is with great sadness that I read “Leeward coast closure” (Star-Advertiser, April 16). Our community has become fractured, broken and deprived of the ability to utilize the abundant natural resources present on Oahu. Read more
Senate Bill 3335 becoming a law is good for the state of Hawaii. So many people already sell marijuana under the table; in this time it would be safer, better and smarter to sell it legally. Read more
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The word “genocide” is broadly used by nearly everyone to describe what Israel has been doing in Gaza to the Palestinians. Read more
Your recent editorial got it wrong (“Volunteering good for society, spirit,” Star-Advertiser, Our View, April 17). Your equating of a lack of aloha with a low ranking in some poll on volunteerism is not only inaccurate but tone-deaf. Read more
Historically, there has never been such a thing as a Palestinian. When the Jewish people finally regained their independence and reestablished their country in the 1940s, no one was claiming to be a Palestinian. Read more
The estate tax break bill, House Bill 2653, is a giveaway for the wealthiest and most powerful families in Hawaii. Read more
State Sen. Mike Gabbard has always been a champion of our environment. In this legislative session, he put forth a resolution that offered legislators a chance to advocate for a healthy plant-based diet. Read more
This is not my first letter to the editor to try to save the Haiku Stairs in Kaneohe. I live in the subdivision just before the gate to the former Omega Station. Read more
More than 13,000 of us were subjected to yet another power outage on Sunday. Read more
Regarding the bill seeking to prevent foreigners from buying property in Hawaii: Here in Canada, any foreigner who wishes to buy property must pay a 20% surcharge. Read more
“War is a continuation of politics by other means.” So said the German military strategist Carl von Clausewitz. Before answering the question, “can Ukraine win its war against Russia?” Read more
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk alleges, “The extent of Israel’s continued restrictions on entry of aid into Gaza, together with the manner in which it continues to conduct hostilities, may amount to the use of starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime.” Read more
As a licensed family child care provider on Oahu, I see the critical need for competitive wages in our industry. Read more
Friends of Haiku Stairs President Sean Pager was 100% correct when he stated that “the city’s removal of the Haiku Stairs is wholly unwarranted.” Read more
The recent letter purporting to give a history lesson that Palestine has been an independent state is entirely false for a number of reasons (“Gaza conflict about more than right versus wrong,” Star-Advertiser, April 4). Read more
As a primary care physician in the Waipahu area, I have mixed feelings on the recent news of the opening of the Waipahu High School Academic Health Center. Read more
The future of the 107-year-old Honolulu Ocean Safety service is on the agenda for Wednesday’s Honolulu City Council meeting. Read more
The recent cartoon depiction of Adolf Hitler, described as a “malignant clown,” juxtaposed with Donald Trump took me back to when I was a kid and first saw Hitler in a newsreel (“Trump turns trials into a soapbox. So did Hitler,” Star-Advertiser, Insight, April 10). Read more
Humanity is at war with its very existence. Nothing has come from this war in Gaza except to expose the naked aggression, violence and lunacy of governments. Read more
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