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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Physicians, providers, and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in HEALTHWISE MAUI, which appears in The Maui News. Maui Health operates Maui Memorial Medical Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, Kula Hospital & Clinic and Lana‘i Community Hospital and accepts all patients. To submit a question, go to the website at mauihealth.org/healthwise. Q: How do I know if a cut needs stitches or if I can treat it at home? Dr. Caesar Ursic, Maui Memorial Trauma Medical Director and General ...
In 2016, I created a private Facebook page called “We Need to Talk about Tulsi” because we really needed to, back then, when Tulsi Gabbard was still in office and entrusted to represent the interests of every person in Hawai’i who lived outside of Honolulu. It didnʻt seem to me like she ...
