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Ingeniously or deviously, selling more than a fourth of Hawaii homes to non-residents leads to overdevelopment.

The fact that the state hired a disgraced cop against the recommendations of the police agency that fired him cries out for a statewide police oversight board.

If a guard feels something is amiss the mantra is, “If in doubt go out.” Sometimes it’s a false alarm. Other times, a life needs saving.

How do our values fit into a future in which machines replace us in the workplace?

As long as proper safeguards are in place, nothing could be more compassionate than to offer the option of physician-assisted suicide to those suffering a terminal illness.

Fifty years of lottery experience across the country have provided many lessons that Hawaii could learn from in establishing a lottery truly for our state’s greater good.

Some quick fact-checking shows that claims of an inherent right to drive without the permission of the government are based on bogus legal references.

The pesticide was blamed by some — and dismissed by others — as the source of health issues at Waimea Canyon Middle School. The EPA’s proposed ban could eliminate any future school impacts.

An ill-advised Honolulu city Parks Department proposal to create a permit system for alcohol consumption at Queens Beach comes at the behest of the NFL.

A special game gives the state anthem a chance to remind us where we’re from. An entry in our Emerging Writers contest.