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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: What should I include in my birth plan? Dr. Tiffinie Mercado, Maui Memorial Medical Center Chief of Medical Staff and Ob-Gyn, Kaiser ...

Cal Thomas: Is removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center a metaphor?

In what could be a metaphor for things to come, workers removed President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center in Washington. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the rebranding of the Kennedy Center as the "Trump Kennedy Center" violated the law, writing, "Congress gave the Kennedy ...

Clarence Page: Platner’s populist challenge excites Dems – cautiously

When I heard President Donald Trump go ballistic over Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, it made me want to hear more about Graham Platner. After Platner won Maine's Democratic primary last week, Trump trolled Platner as "thug" and called the Democratic Party hypocritical for ...

Robert B. Reich: Trump’s non-victory is a terrible failure

Trump again claims victory in Iran. He's claimed victory before, but now he has a so-called "agreement" with Iran. That agreement, which appears to be no more than a memo of understanding — that is, a set of principles to which Iran and the United States have agreed — stops the fighting ...

Victor Joecks: America at 250 — The roots of America’s greatness

If you want to find out why our country has been so successful, you should study the people who built it. America is about to turn 250 years old. It should be easy to celebrate America. Aside from the healthy patriotic pride anyone should feel, we are the greatest country in the history of ...