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
Letters
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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: 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
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
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: 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
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
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Letter: Standard speed limits at monitored intersections
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
Letter: What if Harris was in charge right now?
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
Letter: Government must keep close eye on CIP projects
Funding uncertainties require government restraint when considering new capital improvement program (CIP) projects. Read more
Letter: Spare a thought, and a penny, for tennis players
Congratulations to Mayor Rick Blangiardi and his budget team for proposing a balanced budget for fiscal 2026. Read more
Letter: Columnist doesn’t get it, but at least he’s objective
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
Letter: Trump is the right man to lead U.S. changes
According to Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that democracy isn’t the right model for the 21st century. Xi claims that in this nano- second world, democracy moves too slowly. Read more
Letter: Trump, Vance bullying of Zelenskyy shameful
What Donald Trump and JD Vance did to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was humiliating, not only for their intended target, but for me. Read more
Letter: Europe must step up as democratic superpower
America’s decision to throw the yoke of democracy into the dustbin and embrace authoritarian values in relation to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has given Europe the opportunity to become the standard-bearer of the democratic world. Read more
Letter: Social-media anonymity enables hate, bad info
I don’t always agree with the opinions of letter writers. However, I came to respect them for having the courage to share, while complying with the requirement to identify themselves. Read more
Letter: Devise new rehab system before costly new jail
I agree with the director of the state Department of Correction and Rehabilitation and his staff that the University of Hawaii report, “Breaking Cycles,” does a good job bringing together community input and a broad knowledge base to provide guidance for designing an alternative incarceration system (“Time to look at OCCC as a comprehensive decarceration hub,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, March Opens in a new tab3) Opens in a new tab. Read more
Letter: Shame on Case for censure vote on peer
How disappointing that Hawaii’s U.S. Rep. Ed Case was one of 10 Democrats to vote in favor of censuring U.S. Rep. Al Green. Read more
Letter: Homeschool safety net needs to improve
There has been a lot in the press about the horrible death of Sarai Perez-Rivera due to child abuse and starvation (“2 women are indicted in 3-year-old girl’s death,” Star-Advertiser, March 5). Read more
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