Opinions, guest essays and editorials from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Featuring Kokua Line, Rearview Mirror, David Shapiro, Richard Borreca and others.
The Trump administration claims its war against diversity, equity and inclusion aims to prioritize merit in employment, but instead it’s caused a wave of naked racism and misogyny. Read more
Gambling in Hawaii is a 50-50 choice. Read more
Question: Is there a number where I can report empty intersections? Read more
Synopsis: LED car headlights are flooding the streets with high-intensity light. They are being touted as safer than the old halogen lights. What do you think? Read more
Last week I wrote about the Columbia Inn All-Stars, who played softball games against a team from the Honolulu Symphony and another against the cast and crew of “Magnum, P.I.” Read more
Question: Can a household customer (residential) put an old computer at the curb for bulky pickup? Read more
Question: The city is in Phase 9 of the Kalapawai Roundabout project. How many more phases are there after this? When will this project be completely finished? We’ve suffered long enough with road closures and detours. Read more
Question: While trying to create a “My Social Security” account online, I was able to get through the first step of making an account on login.gov Opens in a new tab, but when I got to the Social Security portion, it wouldn’t let me continue. Could this because of the fraud alert on my credit report? Read more
One sage person once said about the NFL Draft, “The more you know, the less you know.” Read more
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Question: Regarding the Halawa Interchange closures, will that be all day? Read more
Shortly after being named head coach of the University of Hawaii football team, June Jones met with Farrington High offensive lineman Vince Manuwai. Read more
Win or go home. One of the most exciting phrases in all of sports now applies to the Hawaii men’s volleyball team. Read more
Even in the quiet, before the closing-day speeches in the first days of May, this year’s state Legislature is significant. The promise is that they will be back for a special session. Read more
In the near future — starting Monday — bills concerning high school surfing, sports gambling and the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District have made it to the red zone. Read more
Question: I called Social Security and was on hold for a long time and finally hung up without speaking to anyone, but then about a week later I got an email about my benefit statement. Read more
Hawaii U.S. Rep. Ed Case has put a target on his back among some fellow Democrats for his moderate course in this most immoderate political time. Read more
Synopsis: ChatGPT could be a powerful tool that would support the spread of the Hawaiian language. Read more
One of the great puzzles in evolutionary biology is why humans live so long after they stop having children. Most animals reproduce until late in life, and their biological usefulness fades when they can no longer reproduce. But human women typically live decades after menopause. Why? Read more
Question: I added my Hawaii REAL ID driver’s license to my Apple Wallet but can’t get through all the steps for it to be verified as a digital ID I can use at the airport. One problem is that I’m told to input a verification code, but I don’t have a code. Was that supposed to come from Apple? Read more
Question: The state of Hawaii issues a noncompliant driver’s license or ID for people who can’t get or don’t want to get a REAL ID with the gold star. Do other states do this? Read more
Sometimes the stars align and things that seem improbable somehow come together and make sense. Read more
