Off the news: Seeing red — clean up firecracker garbage
Back in the day, people who set off firecrackers on New Year’s Eve had the good grace to get up the next morning and sweep up the red-paper debris littering the ground. Read more
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Off the news: Last living survivor of USS Utah dies at 105
Warren Upton was one of 461 crew members who survived a torpedo attack sinking the battleship Utah at Pearl Harbor in 1941, taking the lives of 58 of his fellows. Read more
Editorial: Deadly blast must be wake-up call
A toppled “cake bomb” made up of massed aerial fireworks launched into a huge cache of illegal explosives inside an Aliamanu carport on New Year’s Eve, inflicting a horrific toll. Read more
5 Questions: Vassilis Syrmos, University of Hawaii vice president for research and innovation
The University of Hawaii and the Department of the Navy recently signed a 10-year agreement designed to safeguard natural and cultural resources at and around Navy facilities. What are you most excited to see accomplished? Read more
Letter: Allow ground fireworks to ease aerial demand
This year’s tragic incidents involving uncontrolled fireworks explosions and the loss of lives underscore the unintended consequences of overly restrictive state regulations. Read more
Letter: Too many illegal aerials, not enough enforcement
Why do we allow a few obnoxious people to terrorize our neighborhoods with aerial explosions and sound bombs that shake the walls of our homes and hearts? Read more
Letter: OCCC needed to battle dangerous meth blight
Kudos to Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Director Tommy Johnson regarding his rebuttal to restorative justice (“New correctional facility long overdue,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Dec. 29). Read more
Letter: Stop killing feral pigs, a tie to Polynesian settlers
I was truly sickened and dismayed by the Star-Advertiser’s rather casual publication of the cruel and bloodthirsty story on the eradication of so-called feral pigs (“Organization addresses proliferation of feral pigs,” Dec. 25). Read more
Off the news: Stay green, ‘tree-cycle’ Christmas trees
Oahu households with automated trash pickup and Christmas trees to dispose of: “Tree-cycle” at the curb by removing all decorations, including tinsel, and cutting trees into pieces that fit entirely inside the green carts. Read more
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Column: China bid to take Taiwan destabilizes international norms
As someone closely involved for decades in the formulation of U.S. policy toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan and who lived and worked for five years each in Beijing and Taipei, I found Yawen Xu’s Dec. 12 commentary, “Reading China’s reaction to Taiwanese leader’s stopover,” worrisome on several fronts. Read more
Editorial: Funds alone won’t thwart wildfires
The Lahaina wildfires loom large in Hawaii’s collective memory, as they must when survivors are still living through emotional, financial and, in some cases, physical strife nearly 17 months later. Read more
Off the news: Final call to enjoy Hawaii holiday festivities
It’s time for a last holiday hurrah at Honolulu Hale, before the festive display starts going dark. Read more
Letter: Take closer look at zoo, it’s better than ever
My wife and I were stunned by a recent letter critical of the Honolulu Zoo (“More funds for zoo, less for useless boondoggles,” Star-Advertiser, Dec. 25). Read more
Letter: Do what you can to help planet in the new year
At the beginning of each new year, we think of ways to change our actions to benefit ourselves and those around us. I understand that on Oahu thousands of trees are chopped down every year to build more buildings. What if we all resolved to plant one tree this coming year? Read more
Letter: Casinos belong in isles, but not in West Oahu
A recent writer’s hilarious suggestion to create a Las Vegas type strip on Oahu’s West Side because Waikiki is falling into the ocean belongs in the funny papers (“West Oahu casino haven could solve isle problems,” Star-Advertiser, Dec. 28). Read more
Letter: Don’t condemn Israel for Gaza women’s struggles
A letter writer damned “colonial Zionist Israel” and its “obedient servant” the U.S. (“Situation in Gaza all the worse for women, girls,” Star-Advertiser, Dec. 25). Read more
Letter: Carter was embodiment of selfless good work
You could always make the argument that Jimmy Carter was not manipulative or selfish enough to be president. He had a commitment to faith, honesty and humanity that may never be fashionable again. Read more
Off the news: Here’s to healing contracts for nurses
Kauai awaits, with more than a bit of anxiety, for news of 159 nurses’ votes, concluding at 8 tonight, on whether to authorize a possible strike at Wilcox Medical Center. That Read more
Off the news: Enjoy, but beware, beauty of lava flows
The lava flow at Halemaumau Crater has been intermittent, but this advisory is eternal: Safety comes first, where volcano-watching is concerned. Read more
Column: Edifying trash tour reveals complexities
I was lucky enough to participate in the city’s Fall Tour de Trash earlier this year. What an important and eye-opening experience! Every Oahu citizen would be enlightened by it. Read more
Editorial: Promise mingles with uncertainty
The new year stretches out ahead, filled with promise. That’s taking the traditional, optimistic view on prospects for 2025. Read more
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