Opinions, guest essays and editorials from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Featuring Kokua Line, Rearview Mirror, David Shapiro, Richard Borreca and others.
In today’s world, traveling from another state back to Hawaii is as simple as hopping on a plane to cross the ocean, getting on a highway and then driving down the street to our home, all in less than a day. Read more
The original Aloha Stadium construction project in the 1970s forced people out of their homes. The one that is being planned to replace it will create housing. Read more
As SAT takers have learned, there are two time-tested strategies. Read more
My first memory of watching sports is from the 1979 MLB All-Star Game, and in what would prove to be an omen of my first 24 years as a Boston Red Sox fan, it was a bad one. Read more
Question: Even before this last thunderstorm there was a storm where it was pouring rain and the power went out and there were no traffic lights. It was very hard to see driving. The next day it was obvious that cats were fatally hit by cars the night before. This was on the weekend and I didn’t know who to call. Read more
As I watched some of the Pro Bowl Games “skills” contests Friday on ESPN, my first thought was that Hawaii could do a much better job hosting that. Read more
Hawaii’s GOP still must tell local voters what it will accomplish for Hawaii and give voters real hope. Read more
A quarter-century ago, Colleen Hanabusa and Margery Bronster were protagonists in one of Hawaii’s great political feuds. Read more
Every week, I find interesting questions in my inbox. I often learn something while researching them. The first one today deals with Amelia Earhart in Hawaii. Read more
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Question: Auwe! Letting homeless people get away with living in the drainage canals and under bridges has got to stop. Every time it rains hard, their stuff goes downstream, and then heavy resources are spent cleaning it up. Not to mention the flooding risk when streams are blocked with tents, tarps, shopping carts, etc. Read more
Question: Ahead of the storm we checked our disaster kit and found alkaline batteries (Duracell D8) that were best by March 2015. We’re replacing them, but my question is what can we do with the old ones? Read more
Question: Regarding the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants, won’t this hurt red states just as bad? Read more
First, a disclaimer. I am not a Kansas City Chiefs hater. I don’t think they are lucky because they win so many close games. Nor do I believe their three Super Bowl victories in the past five years are the result of a rigged or scripted NFL. Read more
Question: I hear they’re postponing REAL ID again. Is that true? If not, please remind me of the documents required. Read more
The official attendance for Saturday’s Hawaii women’s basketball game promoted as “Beeman’s Bigger Bash” ended up at 2,978 fans — much less than the 4,080 people that came through the gates for the original “Beeman’s Big Bash” a year ago against UC Santa Barbara. Read more
Rail has already run up its original $5.2 billion budget to $10 billion, even while shortening the commuter line to stop at South Street, two stations from the planned Ala Moana Center terminus. Read more
House Bill 550 would allow law enforcement to establish probable cause for a fireworks-related arrest based on video recordings “made by a law enforcement agency using, controlling, or operating an unmanned aerial vehicle.” Read more
Nine months is way too long for a Division I program to be without an athletic director who doesn’t have the interim or acting tag. Read more
More bad news: not only is Hawaii the most expensive, the accounting shows that Hawaii’s cost of living is rising slightly. Read more
Question: My son lives in Las Vegas now, but he was born in Hawaii in 1972 and needs to get his birth certificate. How would he go about getting a copy? Read more
When I was a teenager in the 1960s, bell-bottom pants were popular. I remember the last time I wore them, they had shifted in my mind from looking cool to ridiculous. Read more
