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Letter: Her great grandparents would have been so proud

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Rachel Kondo is from Maui. She was born and raised in Pukalani. She attended public school and graduated from Maui High. She later went to the mainland to get her Masters of fine Arts. She is a hapa girl, her mother is haole and her father is a local third generation Japanese, his parents and grandparents worked for the plantation. Back-breaking work in the cane fields, ten hrs. A day in the hot sun. She won Prime time Emmy Awards, Peabody, British Academy, Writers Guild and numerous awards and nominations for Shogun. Her great grandparents would have been so proud of her. In the ...

Dr. Jessica A. Johnson: America's momentous birthday

Columns

I consider it an incredible blessing to have witnessed two of America's great milestone birthdays: the 200th celebration in 1976, when I was a rising second grader, and now the 250th anniversary as an older, seasoned adult. Looking back to 1976, as a kid, I enjoyed the fireworks and the ...

Cassie McClure: What the tide returned

Columns

Last year, the waves lapping on the beach convinced a mountain girl that the sea has its own charms. This year, the waves reminded me that parts of me that I feared had sailed away were actually just in murky depths, waiting to be stirred up and brought forward by the tides of change. Our ...

Clarence Page: A former slave told us the value of July 4

Columns

It is unfortunate but also ironically appropriate that national efforts to celebrate the nation's birth have been rattled by internal disputes over how that birth should be celebrated. "Who controls the past controls the future," wrote George Orwell in 1984. "Who controls the present ...

Letter: Enemies of the people ruin planet and lives

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How do we recognize true enemies of humanity? They are invariably those who act in shameful ways and then rationalize excuses. For example, enemies of the people consciously do things that ruin the planet and the lives of others. They almost always are unprincipled hypocrites, corrupt to the core, and have souls like the flickering lights on the back porch. They are immoral and unethical, meaning that their relationships with themselves, and others tend to be conflicted, distorted, suspicious, and based on fearful projections. Children quickly recognize their unnaturalness, ...