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What Has Astronomy Done For Us? Quite A Lot
For starters, it guided humanity into civilization by making agriculture and navigation possible.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Religion Versus Science On Mauna Kea
It鈥檚 time to listen and learn from indigenous sisters and brothers
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Wake Up, Hawaii: It鈥檚 Not All About A Telescope
Building the TMT on Mauna Kea is assertion of dominance by an outside interest. Again.
Civil Beat
Has Statehood Actually Worked Out For Hawaii?
So many residents struggle to provide a future for the next generation.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Maybe It鈥檚 Time To Cap The City鈥檚 Spending
Raising property taxes and fees is simply unsustainable.
Flickr: Tricia Hall
Animal Shelter Stats Don鈥檛 Tell The Whole Story
No-kill proponents fixate on euthanasia and “live-release” data.
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Hawaii Has Failed To Take Care Of Pohakuloa
The DLNR was supposed to develop and implement a plan to ensure public lands like these are cared for by the military.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Here Are Practical Steps To Make Hawaii鈥檚 Skies Safer
We can鈥檛 afford to wait for the federal government to act on helicopter accidents.
Luke Evslin
Tom Yamachika: The Kauai Prosecutor鈥檚 Unusual Driving Offense Policy
Justin Kollar says he will prosecute all such cases as first-time offenders regardless of prior records.
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Will The TMT Really Contribute To Astronomy?
There is construction in Chile on a similar but larger telescope that offers a greater reflecting mirror.