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Where Climate Change and Geopolitics Collide

Where Climate Change and Geopolitics Collide

Republican John Boehner, who speaks in the language of the fossil fuel industry, is part of why we aren’t really responding to climate change.

Government Must Show It’s Delivering Value

Government Must Show It’s Delivering Value

What’s expected of private enterprise and other service providers should also be expected of our public officials.

What Happens in Vegas … Moves to Vegas

What Happens in Vegas … Moves to Vegas

Why many people have moved from Hawaii to Nevada, and the draw of states with kinder, gentler tax regimes.

Less Health Insurance Confusion for Hawaii’s Small Businesses

Less Health Insurance Confusion for Hawaii’s Small Businesses

Insurance options in Hawaii can perplex employees about the benefits and disadvantages of various plans.

It Takes a Community to Send Canoes Around the World Courtesy of Polynesian Voyaging Society

It Takes a Community to Send Canoes Around the World

This group is bound by the values that come from these vessels, not the geographical space they occupy.

Hawaii and the War of Consciousness

Hawaii and the War of Consciousness

OHA might appear lost and divided, but that is due to an ongoing and charged struggle over Hawaiian history.

Improving Teacher Quality and the Definition of Insanity

Improving Teacher Quality and the Definition of Insanity

The funds that go toward our teachers is not an expense that we must cover, it is an investment that we should plan for.

The Hawaiian Kingdom and Paying Taxes PF Bentley/Civil Beat

The Hawaiian Kingdom and Paying Taxes

The concept of sovereign status for Native Hawaiians raises a host of public finance questions.

The General Is the Wrong Man for This Moment at UH

The General Is the Wrong Man for This Moment at UH

The core value of a university is free expression. Will a long-term military veteran like Frank Wiercinski really grasp that?

Why I Support Frank Wiercinski for UH President

Why I Support Frank Wiercinski for UH President

The former military man might, with his broad experience, help the University of Hawaii move beyond its blunders and dysfunction.