Column: ‘O ka wā hea ka wā ‘ānō?
Synopsis: The concept of “real time” has crept into the English language and is frequently heard these days. Read more
Editorial
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Letter: MA‘O farm could face water troubles in future
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation donated 249 acres of land to MA‘O Organic Farms to grow organic produce and build housing in Makaha on Kili Drive, near Makaha surfing beach. Read more
Letter: Rethinking boundaries in tumultuous West Bank
If Benjamin Netanyahu wants Gaza that badly, give it to him. In exchange, designate the West Bank north of Jerusalem, together with all Israeli land north of Tel Aviv and south of Lebanon between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan, as an independent Palestine. Read more
Letter: Bill Belichick is living it up at ripe old age of 73
Seventy-three-year-old ex-NFL coach Bill Belichick is dating 24-year-old Jordon Hudson? Read more
Editorial cartoon for Saturday, May 31, 2025
The editorial cartoon published today in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Read more
Off the news: Plug pulled on ‘Shift and Save’ rollout
The lights have dimmed on Hawaiian Electric Co.’s “Shift and Save” program, after the pilot failed to meet expectations. Read more
Off the news: Bright spots forecast for isle economy
More glimmers of economic hope have come from a new forecast from the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism — which expects Hawaii’s economy to expand 1.5% next year after growing 1.2% this year. Read more
Editorial: Vaccine guidance looks misguided
On Tuesday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would no longer recommend offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all children, beginning at age 6 months, or to pregnant women. Read more
Letter: Tourist industry should foot climate fee bill
I like Gov. Josh Green a lot, but I don’t like the smell and sound of an unfriendly added tax on visitors to Hawaii. Read more
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Letter: Jerry Burris impacted many in fruitful career
I had the pleasure of working briefly with Jerry Burris at The Honolulu Advertiser during the tenure of hard-hitting editor Sanford “Sandy” Zalburg in the late 1960s. Read more
Letter: Turn a new leaf and try low-fat, plant-based diet
You can protect the planet, improve your health and save money with a few simple lifestyle changes. Read more
Letter: Protesting for peace in Gaza is not antisemitic
I’m getting whiplash keeping up with our country’s stance on antisemitism. Read more
Letter: UH baseball coach keeps tradition going strong
Congratulations to coach Rich Hill and the University of Hawaii baseball team on a successful 2025 season. Read more
Editorial cartoon for Friday, May 30, 2025
The editorial cartoon published today in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Read more
Letter: East-West Center has few options for survival
I participated in the spring East-West Center Board of Governors meeting. What’s astonishing was their glib manner when humility was required given the self-inflicted deterioration. Read more
Column: Native Hawaiian community center teaches real resilience
To much of the world, Hawaii is a paradise of rainbows, lush mountains and shimmering beaches. While making the documentary “Kipuka,” I was introduced to a story not captured by the typical tourist photos. Read more
Off the news: Green signs landmark state climate fee
Gov. Josh Green signed “first-in-the-nation” legislation on Tuesday, adding 0.75% to Hawaii’s transient accommodations tax on hotel stays and cruise-ship port calls to raise funding for climate change-related projects, including wildfire threat reduction. Read more
Editorial: Give school agency room to succeed
So much to tackle, but so little headway. That, in a nutshell, summarizes the difficult situation stymieing progress on public school facilities, due to conflicts between the bureaucratic state Department of Education (DOE) and the School Facilities Authority (SFA), an entity the state Legislature created in 2020 to try to cut through the slog. Read more
Letter: City Council should push value capture fee for rail
I am happy to learn, from Thomas Brandt’s column, that there is a way to capture some relief for taxpayers faced with decades of paying for this overpriced and underperforming rail (“Property owners who benefit from rail should help pay for it,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, May Opens in a new tab8) Opens in a new tab. Read more
Letter: Child abuse definitely not the Hawaiian way
It’s not the Hawaiian way to raise a child with the abuse that led to the death of Isabella Kalua. Hawaiians are not raised that way. I wasn’t. Read more
Letter: Qatar’s gifted jet unlikely to fly as Air Force One
Ethical and legal reasons aside, the Qatari aircraft is unlikely to ever be used as Air Force One. There are already two 747-8 aircraft being converted to the VC-25B configuration. Read more
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