Off the news: Cruel feral-cat killings must be stopped
Feral cats might be a problem, yes, since they are known to spread toxoplasmosis, a disease that can be deadly for endangered Hawaiian monk seals. Read more
Editorial
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Editorial: Review all options before casting vote
After many grueling months, Election Day 2024 is finally here. On Tuesday, Americans get a final day to give their final answer on who should lead our nation for the next four years as president: the Democratic Party’s Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz, or the Republican Party’s Donald Trump and JD Vance. Read more
Letter: Win or lose, Trump has always been dishonest
The First Amendment constitutionalizes but does not define free speech, which has been interpreted and used to condone almost anything one wants to say or display. Read more
Letter: Biden noticeably absent from Harris campaign
Is anyone noticing that Kamala Harris’ boss is visibly absent in actively campaigning for his protege on the campaign trail? Instead, we see Hillary and Bill Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama, and celebrities and entertainers as her most active spokespersons. Where’s Joe Biden? Read more
Letter: Attacks and conspiracy theories plague GOP
Following the disaster of Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump made false claims about the federal government’s response — like no phone calls from President Biden to affected governors, to FEMA aid going to immigrants. Read more
Letter: Time to turn page on disastrous Dem control
To address the question of why people support former President Donald Trump, you just have to look at the failed policies of this Democratic administration. Read more
Letter: Trump parrots Hitler with worrying regularity
Adolf Hitler claimed the right to remove inferior races who breed like vermin. Hitler condemned those who were poisoning the blood of Nazi Germany. Read more
Letter: Socialist ideals have left Hawaii morally bankrupt
I don’t know whether Hawaii is in a socialist spiral, but death is treated so matter-of-fact here. A state where abortions are sometimes encouraged by Planned Parenthood, where assisted suicides are allowed and where murders have increased. Read more
Letter: Harris can unite and heal, Trump just divides
The outcome of the upcoming presidential election will determine America’s future. Read more
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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
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
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
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