WASHINGTON — On July 4, the nation's 250th anniversary, a mysterious group of young men in khaki pants, navy blue shirts, logoed baseball caps and white face masks surfaced in the capital, marching out of a downtown Metro subway station and into the news. By now they look oddly familiar, ...
The parcel next to my Pukalani home recently got its legally required fuel break. The grass was cut and left where it fell. Concerned, I contacted the Fire Prevention Bureau — and received a courteous, considered reply: Cut grass mulch is not an enforceable hazard under our code, raking a six-acre break is unfeasible, and scraping to bare soil would trade a fire problem for erosion and dust. He’s right on all three counts. And that is exactly the problem worth talking about. Our fire code stops at mowing because, for decades, actual fuel removal had no practical method. Cut it and ...
Many of today's consumer loans are legal but abusive. Payday lenders and used car sellers often steer customers into costly contracts they barely understand. Low-income borrowers with jobs, and therefore, dependable cash flow to siphon off, are favored targets. Sure, there's a sucker born ...
The World Cup showed why you shouldn't be ashamed of America's heroes and heritage. While only Argentina and Spain made Sunday's World Cup final, citizens of many countries enthusiastically cheered on their teams. Norwegian fans became an internet phenomenon for their "Viking Row" cheer. ...
Time-honored wisdom holds that if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. The explosion of venom, vitriol, vandalism and violence against Jews since Israel was attacked by genocidal killers on Oct. 7, 2023, begs the question: Is what certainly looks like ...
The oath is a familiar one. The president and vice president take it, as do members of Congress and many other high government officials. It requires the oath taker to defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic." We can identify many of America's foreign enemies, but ...
