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Victor Joecks: America at 250 — Restoring America’s greatness

The pages of tomorrow's history are written by today's decisions. History is littered with failed republics and democracies. The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire. Democracy in ancient Greece turned into an aristocracy. This didn't just happen in ancient history. In 1961, a new ...

Froma Harrop: Do Democrats have the guts to let a toxic nominee lose?

One of the saddest posts this weekend featured Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a moderate, welcoming three Democratic Socialist of America candidates who had won primaries with a handful votes. They included Darializa Avila Chevalier, a nutcase who called for abolishing the ...

Maui Indivisible: We still need to talk about Tulsi

In 2016, I created a private Facebook page called “We Need to Talk about Tulsi” because we really needed to, back then, when Tulsi Gabbard was still in office and entrusted to represent the interests of every person in Hawai’i who lived outside of Honolulu. It didnʻt seem to me like she ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Physicians, providers, and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in HEALTHWISE MAUI, which appears in The Maui News. Maui Health operates Maui Memorial Medical Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, Kula Hospital & Clinic and Lana‘i Community Hospital and accepts all patients. To submit a question, go to the website at mauihealth.org/healthwise. Q: How do I know if a cut needs stitches or if I can treat it at home? Dr. Caesar Ursic, Maui Memorial Trauma Medical Director and General ...

Cal Thomas: Democrats now and then

Following last week's primary elections in which the rise of Democrat-Socialist candidates alarmed many longtime Democrats, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) read a list of things he said those far-left candidates stand for. To conservatives, and Independents, the list sounded like a grand ...

Jeff Robbins: Days of disgrace: America tells refugees to pound sand

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," reads the iconic welcome to the world's oppressed inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Emma Lazarus, the poet who penned those words, had herself helped Jewish refugees from the anti-Semitic pogroms of Eastern Europe ...