Editorial: New Oahu jail an urgent necessity
One needn’t be a bleeding heart to support a revamping of Hawaii’s justice and correctional systems. Read more
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Opinion and analysis by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Editorial Board. Get informed with columns and commentary, and submit a letter to the editor.
Column: Democrats’ views on education, immigration resonate
In recent years, America has faced an intense power struggle between Democrats and Republicans over key issues such as education, immigration, foreign policy and women’s rights. Read more
Column: Aligned with GOP policies on economy, immigration
With the presidential election fast approaching, I have taken time to consider broad perspectives about the key issues at stake this year and the solutions each party offers. Read more
On Politics: For Capitol pool, artwork plan might not hold water
Hawaii is many things, but airtight is not one of them. If you can hear constant dripping sounds, it must be because you have just arrived in Honolulu. It is a leaky place. Read more
Column: Canvassing for Harris in Penn. brings hope
I recently returned to Honolulu from a week of canvassing for Vice President Kamala Harris in Allentown and Bethlehem, Penn. The experience reaffirmed my belief in the vitality of our American experiment in democracy. Read more
Letter: Voting options erode electoral integrity
When we gave up our standard election protocol of having legally qualified voters cast their ballots on a regular election day at an official polling place, we set ourselves up for all kinds of misgivings about the integrity of our elections. Read more
Letter: Newspapers should eschew political bias
This letter is in regard to recent news that The Washington Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, has restricted the paper’s editorial board from endorsing a presidential candidate. Read more
Letter: Trump’s Agenda 47 mirrors Project 2025
A recent letter says Donald Trump has never read or endorsed Project 2025 (“Trump not involved with Project 2025, so move on,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 29). Read more
Letter: Musk giveaway akin to student debt move
Elon Musk is being accused of vote-buying by offering to give away his personal money to registered voters. What about the vote-buying of the Biden/Harris team? Read more
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Letter: Look to policies, not hatred, when voting
In the presidential election we must decide if we want transgender women competing in women’s sports or in our wives’, daughters’ and granddaughters’ locker rooms and bathrooms. Do we want an open border when Presidents Clinton and Obama were vehemently against it? Read more
Letter: Mass deportation is not a workable policy
So again, another insulting Trump campaign reference — this time from a comedian comparing Puerto Rico to garbage. This comedian is yet to be rebuked by Donald Trump, who continues to campaign heavily on his anti-immigrant platform. Read more
Column: Ke ko‘iko‘i o ke koho balota ‘ana
Synopsis: This article reveals the fact that only 39% of the Hawaiian population is registered to vote. In 1873, Hawaiæi held a vote to choose the next monarch, with 3,049 individuals participating in the election and being active in Hawaiæi politics. We encourage our community to register and vote, just as our küpuna did, and to stay civically engaged. Read more
Letter: Hotel strikers disrespect vacationing military
Whatever the dispute is between Hilton Hawaiian Village and the UNITE HERE Local 5 union, I find the behavior of the union very disrespectful to the military personnel staying at the Hale Koa hotel. Read more
Letter: Offer students attractive healthy food options
The recent Star-Advertiser article “Hawaii grown: School lunch made entirely of local ingredients” was very elucidating. Read more
Letter: All this name-calling by U.S. leaders is garbage
Calling half the country garbage, by the president, does not seem right. I guess I fall in that category, but heck, I have a good family, represented my country in sports and had a good career serving people. Read more
Letter: Some air-conditioned stores waste electricity
At home, if there is air conditioning running, our first reflex would be to close the windows and doors. It just makes sense, right? You wouldn’t want air conditioning to be wasted and to warm your room again. Read more
Letter: Rank-and-file Trump supporters uninformed
A recent writer asks why a large number of law enforcement officers, Border Patrol agents, veterans and military personnel support Donald Trump (“Trump backed by those who defend democracy,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 31). Read more
Editorial: Insurers must not direct patient care
In today’s health-care world, increasingly dictated by insurance companies over physicians’ expertise, it is encouraging that the Hawaii Supreme Court is expediting a lawsuit that has hefty potential to aidthose who really matter: the patients. Read more
5 Questions: Joe Sprague, Hawaiian Airlines CEO
You have decades of experience in the commercial aviation industry, starting at a commuter airline in Alaska. How will those roots translate to success in the islands? Read more
Off the news: No criminal charges for Lahaina wildfire
After California’s 2018 Camp Fire, that county’s district attorney brought criminal charges against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The utility ended up pleading guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one felony count of unlawfully starting a fire. Read more
Letter: Proposed sewer fee is a fair, equitable change
Included in the city Department of Environmental Services’ proposed sewer fee increase is a reduction of the fixed portion of monthly bills, offering customers greater control of their bill, contrary to a recent letter (“Lower sewer bill fixed charges would still stink,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 30). Read more
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