Civil Bytes: H1 and Rail Inspire Visions of a Driverless Future
Technology will bring out the best in transit when we finally pry the hands of the masses off their steering wheels and leave the driving to computers.
21st Century Schools Require a 21st Century Board of Education
Hawaii’s statewide school board needs to improve its own communication and technology capabilities if it wants schools to improve.
Peter Apo: The Hawaiians 鈥 a ‘Divided People’
Both Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians need to work on making Hawaii whole.
The Army in Hawaii: Fight to Save It, Prepare to Lose It
Business leaders are right to pull out all the stops to preserve the Army’s Hawaii presence at its current level, but we also need to start thinking about what comes next if major cuts are made.
Facts and Fantasy About Hawaii TV News Consolidation
Hawaii News Now creates the illusion of competition for news and entertainment even as it is all under one monopolistic roof.
Denby Fawcett: 2015 Legislature 鈥 Time To Stop the Financial Bleeding
Lawmakers are expected to focus on major fiscal problems facing the state with less attention to hot-button political issues.
Urban Hawaii: When the World Is Your Neighbor, Do You Ever Meet?
When a big, fancy tower is built it creates a different sort of 鈥渘eighborhood鈥 from the ones many of us grew up in.
Praise for Outgoing PUC Chair Mina Morita
We should be thanking her for blocking the Aina Koa Pono project, not criticizing her over it.
Tom Yamachika: Honolulu Rail 10 Percent Surcharge Is a Bad Tax
Honolulu citizens are bearing the county surcharge to pay for rail, but the state is draining the pot far more than it deserves.
Culture Cave: Honolulu Museum of Art Finally Gets a Curator of Hawaii Art
A conversation with Healoha Johnston, who faces the challenge of sleuthing out the histories of pieces in the collection.