My husband graduated with his bachelor's degree this summer at the age of 56. We ordered a cake and celebrated with friends and family. He had earned his associate's degree in accounting literally decades ago and had plans to continue his education, but life detoured him, as it likes to do. ...
WASHINGTON — Somebody stop him. You know who. The conqueror whose voice, face and deeds are inescapable. Donald Trump had never heard of William the Conqueror when he visited England, but he loved the word and the idea for his presidency. He also has Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar ...
When a government agency comes to an internet service provider demanding information about Americans because of what they have said on social media, the provider should discard the demand, close the door or hang up the phone. The government is not entitled to rummage through the political ...
When I attended a much different public school in suburban Maryland, there was a public service announcement on TV that asked: "It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your children are?" I was usually in bed at that hour on "school nights," but that question might be put a different way today: ...
The tragic deaths of Hayden Panettiere and Jason Arday can be tied to the same phenomenon. It's not new but has accelerated in today's influencer culture: youth's hunger for fame. Panettiere was an accomplished actress who, buried in depression and addiction, died from an apparent drug ...
On behalf of the Waiohuli Makai Homelands Advocacy Group, I thank a Honolulu philanthropist for an Aug. 2 contribution of $3,000. The donor, a prominent isle developer, designated the sum toward a scholarship in order for a University of Hawaiʻi senior or master’s-degree candidate in architecture, community planning or engineering to create a Waiohuli Makai site plan. Waiohuli Makai is the project name of a proposed 1,200-lot Hawaiian Homes development on 4,780 acres in Upcountry Maui. Ten years ago, Maui Hawaiian homestead leaders had proposed this vision for a Waiohuli Makai ...
