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Sharing Mana‘o
May 23, 2012 As you may know, my day job — some might say, my REAL job, the one that actually provides me with a steady paycheck and fringe benefits — is with the count. more »»
Keiki o ka ‘Aina
May 22, 2012 Last month, a historic bill was signed at Washington Place settling a nearly 3-decades-old dispute between the state of Hawaii and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs over ceded lands. more »»
Haku Mo‘olelo
May 18, 2012 There may be Maui County taxpayers wondering why Maui County Council members should be rewarding their staff in difficult economic times. more »»
Sharing Mana‘o
May 16, 2012 Last weekend, while most folks were observing Mother’s Day, I was having a holly jolly Christmas. more »»
Keiki o ka ‘Aina
May 15, 2012 Dave Hoff’s retirement this Friday has made me nostalgic about my newspaper career, not just for the good old days at The Maui News but at all the other papers I’ve worked for. more »»
Haku Mo‘olelo
May 11, 2012 “While campaigning last week Romney said the administration had ‘failed’ to protect the blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him t... more »»
Sharing Mana‘o
May 9, 2012 As I gazed at the gorgeous Supermoon last Saturday, I couldn’t help but wonder how many romantic encounters were inspired, or at least enhanced, by its breathtaking beauty. more »»
Keiki o ka ‘Aina
May 8, 2012 I was not feeling well that day, but something took me into our small back garden one morning recently to inspect my orchids. more »»
Haku Mo‘olelo
May 4, 2012 It’s a demonstration of the tenet of unintended consequences, when government responds to one faction of society by imposing rules intended to control social behavior of another faction of society. more »»
Sharing Mana‘o
May 2, 2012 Bless you, YouTube. Bless you and curse you and thank you. You too, Facebook. Compared to many of my friends, I’m a social media dilettante. more »»
Keiki o ka ‘Aina
May 1, 2012 I miss May Day. Everybody celebrated it when I was growing up, Lei Day actually. It was a big even. more »»
Haku Mo‘olelo
April 27, 2012 That Congress will need to act to assure the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare programs is clear. more »»
Sharing Mana‘o
April 25, 2012 In 5th-grade Hawaiian Studies (it was called Hawaiiana back then), we learned that Hawaii was known worldwide as The Melting Pot of the Pacific. I know better now. more »»
Keiki o ka ‘Aina
April 24, 2012 My heart does a little leap whenever I spot a long-legged kolea somewhere — at Kalama Park, in front of Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center, at the University of Hawaii Maui College parking lot,... more »»
Haku Mo‘olelo
April 20, 2012 Suspicions about the journalistic ethics of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. more »» |
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