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Health Beat: Integrative Medicine Blends Eastern, Western Techniques Michael Dorausch/Flickr.com

Health Beat: Integrative Medicine Blends Eastern, Western Techniques

Plenty of traditionally trained medical professionals cite evidence that supports many alternative approaches to health care. It’s not an either/or situation.

Zuri Aki: Dark Shadows Beneath A Brilliant Paradise Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Zuri Aki: Dark Shadows Beneath A Brilliant Paradise

New Civil Beat columnist: The illusory promise of paradise obscures聽Hawaii’s fundamental problems.

Monday Memo: Pointless Roadblocks In The Paths Of Innocents Mstyslav Chernov

Monday Memo: Pointless Roadblocks In The Paths Of Innocents

Congress panders as it passes a bill pointlessly targeting Iraqi and Syrian refugees. Also: Iran draws down under the new nuclear deal, and Sand Island moves forward.

Curt Sanburn: Thinking Like An Island PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Curt Sanburn: Thinking Like An Island

A new book of forward-looking essays underscores the revived Hawaiian worldview with which we all might sail into the future.

In With The New: For The Generation Raised On Terrorism, Empathy Isn’t Empty Bianca Dagheti/Flickr.com

In With The New: For The Generation Raised On Terrorism, Empathy Isn’t Empty

For better or worse, millennials can’t look away. They are caring and civic minded, whether the injustices they perceive are trivial or of global importance.

The People Of The Harbor Deserve A Dignified Way Forward Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The People Of The Harbor Deserve A Dignified Way Forward

Residents of the self-reliant camp on the edge of Waianae have shown they deserve a say in their community’s future. Policymakers should listen.聽

Global Warming Contrarians Are A Danger To The Planet Shannonpatrick17/flickr.com

Global Warming Contrarians Are A Danger To The Planet

Columnist Cal Thomas ignored a plethora of facts when he criticized President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone Pipeline plan.

Crazy? No, Council Members Are Right To Demand Rail Details Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Crazy? No, Council Members Are Right To Demand Rail Details

Honolulu City Council’s Budget Committee should keep the rail project moving forward today, but insist on full disclosure before final Council approval.

Todd Simmons: Ige’s Honorable Refusal ‘To Betray Our Values’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Todd Simmons: Ige’s Honorable Refusal ‘To Betray Our Values’

The governor’s announcement that Hawaii would accept Syrian refugees caused a firestorm, though none are likely to arrive. Time for a collective deep breath.

Denby Fawcett: Gender-Neutral Restrooms Are A Challenge Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Denby Fawcett: Gender-Neutral Restrooms Are A Challenge

The new push for gender-neutral restrooms is part of a larger civil rights movement to provide safe and welcoming toilet facilities for everyone on the gender spectrum.