Opinion

Letter: Recycling won’t happen with no central location

Letters to the Editor July 4, 2026

Yesterday, I visited the Recycling Center near the University of Hawaii Maui Campus, and learned that the location will be closed after June 30. They offered suggestions for other places to take cardboard, newspapers, glass. plastic and cans. These were in Makawao, Haiku, Kihei and Olowalu. It seems ridiculous that there will be nowhere in Central Maui provided by the county for people to take their recycling. Wailuku and Kahului are the most populated areas for local residents. People are simply going to throw these recyclable materials in their trash if there isn't a more convenient ...

Robert B. Reich: Is JD Vance more dangerous than Trump?

Columns July 4, 2026

JD Vance said on Friday that the U.S. wins "either way" in negotiations with Iran. "If we make the final deal, then great," Vance told HBO's Bill Maher. "If we don't make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed. They're still much weaker as a country." Just hours after ...

Salena Zito: Appalachian awakening — Rewriting American music culture

Columns July 4, 2026

AVERY COUNTY, North Carolina — If there is such a thing as the classic Appalachian success story, the rise in popularity of the outside-the-box band Cigarettes @ Sunset would be that story. But nothing comes easy in Appalachia. The five-member band, which includes Garrett Dellinger, ...

Letter: Supreme court stood up for democracy, citizenship

Letters to the Editor July 3, 2026

I will be celebrating this 4th of July with the knowledge that the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s attack on citizenship. If Trump had successfully undermined the concept of citizenship, we would have lost a keystone of our democracy. Today, the innocent children of immigrants would be the target. Tomorrow, it could be you or me. Despite its earlier disastrous errors – Citizens United, which allowed corporations to buy elections; its second amendment gun rights obsession; or giving legal immunity to Trump – the court stood up when it counted the most: on ...

Armstrong Williams: America at 250 — The history we rarely tell

Columns July 3, 2026

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, we will rightly remember the familiar names and places. We will speak of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Valley Forge and the birth of a republic unlike any the world had ever ...

Cal Thomas: 1776 vs. 2026

Columns July 3, 2026

Two hundred and 50 years ago, self-evident truths meant something. Today, for some, things appear far less self-evident and truth has become subjective. Freedom from tyranny was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Today, freedom has been transformed into license, the right to do ...