In light of my recent Substack post about Trump's plans for a Trump rally on the mall to celebrate the start of America's 250th birthday festivities — designed, in his words, for "patriots" and promising to be "wild" — several of you wanted to know more about how it's being planned and ...
Politics is the only profession of which I am aware in which competence doesn't seem to matter. One can fail miserably; one can be corrupt and one can get away with crimes that if committed by someone outside of elective office, arrest, prosecution and a stint in jail would be the result. Yet ...
Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen recently claimed that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was "un-American," an announcement that surely surprised the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American citizens who have supported AIPAC, whose forebears and family members served ...
It would be better for boys if society stopped expecting them to act like girls. A Texas mom recently shared a video of her son at his kindergarten graduation. The clip shows him squirming in his chair, playing with his hands and stretching over his seat. She captioned the video, "You're six ...
When I moved to Maui in the 70s, you could get a ticket if your muffler was too loud. What’s the deal with these blasting sound systems? I can feel a vehicle approaching from over a block away. My house starts shaking, the windows rattle and I feel the vibration in my body. At 2:00 a.m., my mattress buzzes. Why is this not disturbing the peace, noise pollution and interfering with the quality of life for the community? C’mon Maui Police Department, do something. T. EricaWailuku
It’s common for all kinds of vehicles, from motorcycles to large trucks hauling heavy equipment, to go two to three times the speed limit of 20 mph on narrow Makawao Avenue. It’s routine and happens dozens of times each day. But what I recently witnessed was outrageous even for this street. A motorcycle zoomed by going at least 100 mph. This dangerous (and noisy) lawbreaking will continue indefinitely, because the speed limit is never enforced. In all the years I’ve lived here, and the dozens of times I've complained about the problem to the police, to my knowledge, Maui ...
