Letter: 10-year-old speed tables all broken up
Way to go Haiku. Stop those speed tables. Come to Kula Glen and look at 10-year-old speed tables; all broken up, no repair. Now they are speed hazards. Good luck on stopping the county. Peter SiscoKula
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 ...
Jeff Robbins: Apology tour — Americans abroad experience humility and humiliation
For Americans traveling in Western Europe this summer, it's a time of real humility, and some humiliation. You have to be quite the American exceptionalist to defend America these days, when what seems truly exceptional about our country is a presidency that is openly, even flagrantly, ...
Letter: Show some compassion for a man who has none
There is so much criticism aimed at President Trump that it is disheartening. People just don’t seem to understand his cruelty and bigotry. Don't they know that he can’t help himself in that, through no fault of his own, he is a sociopath, a mental health disorder characterized by disregard for others, with tendencies to lie, break laws, act impulsively? It is also quite possible that the heartbreak of lifelong painful bone spurs affects him daily. Let’s show some compassion for a man who has none. Jim KillettLahaina
Rich Lowry: Karmelo Anthony's race doesn't matter
The system failed Karmelo Anthony — he stabbed someone to death and is going to jail for it. If this doesn't strike you as an injustice, you haven't been paying attention to the voices defending the 19-year-old who was just sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering another teenager at ...
Cassie McClure: What lurks outside the frame
I consumed a lot of horror movies during my teen years. For a couple of my friends, my room became the hub where we watched the standard fare of slashers, munched on overly processed snacks, and critiqued the characters' decisions as they ran for their lives. We, of course, would make better, ...