We grew up learning about fairness, justice and manners. If you start a fight, you don’t have an older sibling finish it. You save the last malasada in the box for somebody else. You don’t cheat at solitaire. Read more
Question: I got a letter supposedly from the IRS saying that I have a balance due, but I paid my taxes. Is this a scam? Usually the tax scams are texts, emails or phone calls. Read more
The bear market is upon us. Not only are stocks and bonds both losing value, but coupled with inflation, the value of cash itself is diminished, too. Read more
Two of my favorite things converge this week: baseball and children. Read more
A sure way to rile up the voters is with an attack ad. The supporters of the victimized candidate will be furious at the mudslinging. Neither side wins — or do they? Read more
Question: When will the Department of Human Services be issuing an updated policy regarding COVID-19 isolation and quarantine for preschool-age kids? Read more
Our mother had a rule against ball-playing in the house. Didn’t everyone’s? Read more
My first election night was 1964 in Hilo, featuring the race for county chairman between Democrat Shunichi Kimura and Republican Elroy Osorio, relative upstarts who would both go on to distinguished careers. Read more
Question: Do I have to come to Oahu for the monkeypox vaccine? Read more
One hundred years ago in Hawaii, there was a race between two competitors to be the first to broadcast a live show on a newfangled device called radio. Read more
Be open to connections and the universe will oblige. It’s much like waking up early enough to catch Ka Heihei O Na Keiki rising in the predawn east, imagining that the star lines do indeed form a “Cat’s Cradle” string figure. Or, if preferred, that of the archer Orion. Read more
Question: Will we get the tax rebate later because we didn’t file our Hawaii taxes on time? Read more
Question: I am a kupuna who is getting those debit/credit cards in the mail that I never ordered. I did freeze my credit afterward. How long should I leave it frozen? Read more
Question: I am hoping you can help me, along with many other recent state retirees, get the health insurance we were promised. I currently have no health insurance because EUTF has been unable to process the paperwork into their new system, which is having/causing numerous problems. Read more
Of course, the best experience is the in-person experience. Tumua Tuinei is humorous on TikTok, but he is convulse-inducing hysterical on stage. Read more
With genealogy sites all the rage, many folks willingly submit DNA samples to see their family trees. For a few, unintended consequences have surfaced, at least anecdotally, some taking on the status of the urban legend “What do you mean my dad was the postman?” But it’s the unknown unintended circumstances that give us pause. Read more
If this were any other job, Deshaun Watson would have been fired. After all, what employer would tolerate having to settle 30 sexual misconduct lawsuits against an employee as the Houston Texans did in July 2021? Read more
For Hawaii, the 2022 election is the second statewide election with all voters mostly going to the mailbox instead of the polls to participate in democracy. Read more
State Rep. Patrick Branco is running for Congress as a candidate of fresh ideas, but his most prominent idea is an awful one: using disreputable tactics to solicit outside special interests to attack his opponent, former state Sen. Jill Tokuda. Read more
Why hire a great recruiter if according to NCAA rules he can’t hit the trail and isn’t even allowed to call or text message prospects? Read more
In the past few weeks, I’ve been driving by Pohakupu Mini Park across the street from Castle Hospital in Kailua, and wondered what its story was. Read more
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