Make your voice heard by submitting your opinion about various local, national and world news topics through a letter to the editor.
UH continues to make so many poor decisions. June Jones was the answer for football, but UH fumbled that ball. UH needs to either terminate both coaches and hire local coaches at far less pay, or leave Ganot alone. Read more
Green was just practicing Lewis’ “good trouble” beliefs during Donald Trump’s recent address to Congress. Read more
Gratuitous anti-Jewish propaganda should never be permitted in an institution of higher learning. Read more
There is an unfair advantage that does matter to those participants that represent 50% of the athletes across sports. Read more
U.S. Rep. Ed Case is the only congressional delegate from Hawaii who has any common sense. Read more
Congratulations to the 2025 Moanalua girls’ wrestling team for making history once again! Read more
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
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
Wednesday was the centennial of the death of Sun Yat-sen, who led the first Democratic revolution in Asia in 1911. Read more
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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
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
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
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
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
University of Hawaii sports viewership is directly proportional to the number of cable TV subscribers. Read more
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
While I support the red-light cameras, I do not support the speed cameras. The program is seriously flawed and unfair to some drivers. Read more
I wonder what your right-wing letter writers would say if Kamala Harris had been elected and the Dow was below what it was on Nov. 1, 2024, the price of eggs had more than doubled, the U.S. was canceling support of Ukraine, and she had hired someone (George Soros, maybe?) with no congressional approval or vetting who was illegally closing programs, cutting departments and laying off workers willy-nilly? Read more
Funding uncertainties require government restraint when considering new capital improvement program (CIP) projects. Read more
Congratulations to Mayor Rick Blangiardi and his budget team for proposing a balanced budget for fiscal 2026. Read more
I don’t usually agree with David Shapiro, but Sunday’s column was actually quite good (“Dems love making rules; Trump loves to break them,” Star-Advertiser, March 9). Read more
