Letter: Timid Republicans let Trump team run amok
As MAGA 2.0 continues to trample the Constitution, established law and any semblance of human decency, the Republicans in Congress remain timidly tacit. Read more
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Off the news: Bill puts State Art Museum funds at risk
The nonprofit Hawaii Arts Alliance is calling for opposition to HB 1378, as amended, when the Senate Committee on Transportation, Culture and the Arts meets today, 3:15 p.m. in state Capitol Room 224. Read more
Editorial: Keiki abuse, death must be stopped
Outrage that Hawaii’s keiki are being so monstrously beaten or starved to death — behind closed doors, but in our midst — must drive prevention. Read more
Column: Attack on diversity in education relies on lurid hypocrisy
People must understand our collective history, to understand how hard many Americans have struggled to expand democracy and racial equality over the past 250 years. Read more
Column: Maintain necessary midwifery standards with licensure law
Midwives provide care to healthy birthing families, where most of the time the pregnancy remains low risk. As with all health professions, however, risk is inherent in maternity care as not all birthing people and newborns remain healthy and well. Read more
Letter: Honoring Sun Yat-sen’s deeply planted Hawaii roots
Wednesday was the centennial of the death of Sun Yat-sen, who led the first Democratic revolution in Asia in 1911. Read more
Letter: Trump making wrong cuts in wrong places
As for Democrats offering solutions, the only president to balance the budget in the last 80 years was a Democrat: President Bill Clinton. Read more
Letter: Transgender sports bill vote a slap to Patsy Mink
I believe if Patsy Mink were alive, she would agree that transgender participation in women’s sport was never the intent of Title IX, which she fought so courageously for. Read more
Letter: Trump, Musk full steam ahead on national debt
Our national debt must be reduced dramatically or we’ll end up like many past European monarchs who stopped fighting wars because they were broke and had to stop borrowing from their nobility class. Read more
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Letter: Can’t trust corporations to put public good first
The problem is federal spending has a different set of criteria for success than private business. Federal spending decisions are backed by a set of values around public welfare implemented on a national scale. Read more
Column: Space science bill helps students soar
Hawaii is uniquely positioned to lead in space sciences, but we must ensure our students have the skills and knowledge to excel in this fast-evolving field. Read more
Off the news: No more 2 bags fly free on Southwest
Starting with May 28 flights, there will be a fee for checked luggage — though preferred members of Southwest’s Rapid Rewards program, holders of the airline’s credit card and business-class flyers will still be able to send at least one free checked bag. Read more
Off the news: Dengue fever detected on Maui
Dengue, a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes, causes symptoms nobody wants — fever, nausea, rashes, severe headaches, and intense muscle and joint pain. Read more
Editorial: Homes, rail, labor, safety top city priorities
Letter: Stand up for veterans’ vital, at-risk medical care
Veterans march in basic training to prepare for war. Now we march again to war against Project 2025. This isn’t about left or right; it’s about veterans policy. Read more
Letter: Disgraceful Dems didn’t even applaud positives
The behavior of Democrats at President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress was completely disgraceful and demonstrated how severely out of touch they are with the American public. Read more
Letter: No apologies needed by Democrats over speech
Although I have only lived in Hawaii for seven years, I thought I understood the word “aloha” when referring to others. To me, it connotes a feeling of acceptance or fondness. Read more
Letter: Televised UH sports should be free to all
University of Hawaii sports viewership is directly proportional to the number of cable TV subscribers. Read more
Off the news: No time to indulge in new state holiday
Hawaii officially recognized Nov. 28 as La Ku‘oko‘a, or Hawaiian Independence Day, in 2023. On Nov. 28, 1843 — 50 years before the overthrow of the monarchy, and more than a century before Hawaii’s statehood — the kingdom of Hawaii was recognized as independent by world powers Great Britain and France. Read more
Editorial: Plan for effects of Medicaid cuts
Nobody knows for sure how budget cuts from Capitol Hill will land in Hawaii and other states. Read more
Off the news: Arakawa was accomplished Oahu native
The recently discovered, tragic deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, shocked people in Hawaii and everywhere — but relatively few knew much about the Punahou School and USC graduate’s earlier life in her Hawaii home. Read more
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