If you were using the social networking site Twitter last Thursday and following a user named georgettedeemer, your computer screen, from bottom to top, looked something like this. • On the House floor. Rep Ward: Civil Unions is really an end-run for same-sex marriage…. [»Read]
At the Bishop Museum’s Honolulu Maritime Center subsidiary on Pier 7, a back-lit picture of a smiling, lei-clad Robert J. Pfeiffer seems to look through the building’s bay windows at the 19th-century square-rigger Falls of Clyde moored just outside. Pfeiffer had… [»Read]
Last Thursday, Gov. Linda Lingle announced a proposal that addresses many outstanding issues regarding the Hawaii state park system. This plan, which the governor and her allies have coined a “recreational renaissance,” would encompass renovations to 54 state parks,… [»Read]
Judicial decisions, on first read, can seem dry, even boring. And, sure, some of them are a little inaccessible. But they can also be salacious, rife with conflict, dramatic and, frankly, beautiful. They reflect who we are as a society and determine where we are going. So… [»Read]
Feeding the needy—and using federal money to do it—is but one piece of this legislative session’s Senate Majority Package, which emphasizes social services, health care, education and renewable energy. “In these economic times, we have a responsibility… [»Read]
Since August, environmentalists had been waiting to hear just how serious President George W. Bush was going to be about his so-called Blue Legacy. There was an expectation that he would top his designation two years ago of the 140,000-square-mile Papahanaumokuakea Marine… [»Read]
Thursday morning marked the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu’s annual Red Mass, a church service in which prayers are made and blessings asked on behalf of the public servants of Hawaii. The mass dates back 700 years in European culture, and started expanding in the U.S…. [»Read]
When she got the telephone call, Charlene Hughes thought someone was playing a trick on her. The master quilter didn’t think she would really be singled out to participate in a Washington D.C., exhibit of quilts honoring President-elect Barack Obama. “They called me… [»Read]
Long-printed on bumper stickers, T-shirts, key chains and more, the countdown to January 20, 2009 has been years in the making. Among those making the pilgrimage to Washington D.C. for inauguration day are members of Punahou School’s marching band, who will perform for… [»Read]
At about 5am on Friday, Nov. 21, a large chunk of mountain fell onto the road on the east side park entrance at Waimea Valley. The rock slide blocked entry and cut off the valley’s electrical supply, phone and computer cables and water line. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs… [»Read]
Bureaucracies are notorious for their emphasis on the kind of wonkish rhetoric (“pushing the envelope,” or “thinking outside the box,”) that creates bloated organizations long on conversations and short on accomplishments. Hawai’i Department of Human Services Director… [»Read]
Wedding industry insiders estimate that more than 20,000 couples get married in Hawai’i each year. That amounts to more than 1,650 weddings each month, nearly 60 weddings a day, and millions and millions of dollars being pumped into the local economy. At least one state… [»Read]
An online search for “‘bed and breakfast’ Oahu” turns up more than 200,000 results. That’s quite a return for an island that banned the opening of any new bed and breakfast establishments nearly two decades ago. But with one City Council member’s proposal to lift that ban,… [»Read]
Depending on your point of view, the dispute over the diversion of streams in East Maui either took a nasty turn last July or a turn for the better. According to a report from a state employee, people associated with the nonprofit group Na Moku ‘Aupuni O Ko’olau Hui allegedly… [»Read]
One out of five people in Hawai’i cannot read this sentence. That means they also can’t read menus or road signs. They can’t fill out job applications or help their children with homework. Think about them for a moment: They are your neighbors, the almost 20 percent of our… [»Read]
