Opinions, guest essays and editorials from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Featuring Kokua Line, Rearview Mirror, David Shapiro, Richard Borreca and others.
Question: Please remind people to drive safely on Halloween, all day and all night, because there will be so many drivers rushing home from work to get their kids ready to go out trick-or-treating and then at night there will be lots of kids out on the streets. They need to act safely too but the drivers can be deadly. I am thinking about this after reading Sunday’s paper. Read more
She was named conference Coach of the Year in 2019, when the team went 4-1-3 in the Big West. In her first season, 2011, it was 4-2-1 in league play. There were overall marks of 9-6-2 in 2016 and 9-7-1 in 2018. Read more
Question: Where can I get rid of an old TV where they will at least try to recycle it? I don’t want it just going straight into the trash. Read more
Question: Auwe! Saturday was a shocking day at the Ala Wai Canal. Huge amounts of tree debris and garbage were floating rapidly in the brown water toward the ocean! Such a sad day for boaters, the Genki Ala Wai Project and ocean life. Please clear the debris upstream, because it does not just float “away.” Read more
For NCAA student-athletes, there has been a time-tested sequence of goals: Earn a scholarship, become a starter (or star), do well academically and then go out into what every adviser, coach or parent calls the “real world.” Read more
An hour after suffering the first knockout loss of his 30-fight UFC career, Max Holloway sat behind a podium and answered every question any reporter had to offer. Read more
There’s hope, University of Hawaii football fans. It could be false, but maybe not. Read more
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of years in the future, when the sun has turned into a white dwarf, and a blasted and frozen Earth has migrated beyond the orbit of Mars. Read more
Question: Can I still submit my ballot if something was spilled on it? My kids spilled ice cream on my ballot. I’m wondering if that would affect its ability to run through the machine? Read more
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I’ve gotten questions from readers on how to vote on City Charter ballot question No. 4, changing the way City Council pay raises are determined. Read more
Until Kamala Harris became vice president in 2021, Hawaii’s U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye was the highest-ranking Asian-American politician in U.S. history. Read more
Synopsis: The system of ocean currents in the North Atlantic is on the verge of collapse due to climate change, according to a number of scientists. Read more
Question: How can I get another garbage bin? My daughter’s family has moved in with us permanently, and we can’t depend on the neighbors forever. Read more
If you ask people to point to someone who made a big difference in their lives, they will often mention a person who coached them as part of school athletics. Read more
Question: Regarding motor vehicle registration renewal, did that bill that forgives five years or so of lapsed registration pass? Read more
Every fleet needs a flagship. Read more
Question: Regarding the new Oahu flood map, how many properties does this affect? Read more
Rucking is one of the latest fitness crazes, and I’ve succumbed. Read more
Question: If a person is temporarily incapacitated (from illness, not a car accident), can a friend renew their car registration for them? Otherwise it will be late. Read more
Let’s see, there are the exit fees from five schools leaving the Mountain West in 2026 … and the poaching penalties from the Pac-12 … and the University of Hawaii no longer having to pay travel subsidies to visiting football teams … and carry the 3 … it appears the Rainbow Warriors are due to net a one-time cut of about $7 million. Read more
Baseball has a deep and rich history. I’m not talking about what’s going on in Major League Baseball, with the Dodgers advancing to meet the Yankees in the World Series. We Giants fans don’t care. Read more
