U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye arrived home last week, toured the news outlets, announced that Hawaii would be home to..
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Maybe (and only maybe) the state and the city will start coming down on all the unpermitted street, sidewalk and..
Here is how I see this year’s Honolulu mayoral election playing out, at least in the primary, to either outright..
Dinesh D’Souza has written a controversial book, The Roots of Obama’s Rage. Having been born and raised in post-colonial India,..
Numbers tell the story, and last week’s StarAdvertiser/Hawaii News Now “Hawaii Poll” told several of them. Consider, for example, why..
It would be a gross understatement to say the University of Hawaii is a unique college campus. It is spectacular..
This week’s column is a followup to last week’s about Ward’s Rafters in Kaimuki, a private residence on Maunaloa Avenue,..
That sorry excuse for football called the Pro Bowl is behind us. So too the betting man’s idea of heaven:..
The professional football season is over. The Super Bowl was a big television hit and a wonderful game. The ratings..
I went to Ward’s Rafters recently. It’s at 3810 Maunaloa Ave., a quiet Kaimuki neighborhood. Jackie Ward and her son,..
This is the time of year when the mailbox goes from yielding holiday cards to W-2s, 1099s and the income..
Blake Oshiro has found that his new job of three months as deputy chief of staff in the governor’s office..
It is common knowledge that legislative bodies deserve the most attention when they are looking for new revenue. This time..
I very much liked President Obama’s address to Congress. I’m an Obama fan, a middle-to-left voter and a believer that..
State education officials spent the majority of last week at the Square Building telling the House and Senate Education Committee..
They were talking to two very different audiences last week: Neil Abercrombie to a house full of friends, the 67..
The square building on South Beretania is the most interesting structure on Oahu. Its open-air design is appropriately shaped like..
It was, as it was a year ago, film noir at last week’s opening of the 2012 state legislative session:..
How did Hawaii appear to Mainlanders the year before the Pearl Harbor attack? Here are excerpts from a 1940 Forbes..
