Letters — Your voice — for December 6
Concerns about fracking and the General Plan
Letters to the editor for December 3
Thoughts on the president-elect
How do you like that filibuster now?
As Republicans prepare to take control of both chambers of Congress and the presidency, Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative West Virginia Democrat turned independent, has a question for his former Democratic teammates: “How do you like that filibuster now?”
‘I was a stranger and you invited me in’
I won’t forget the first time I volunteered for a Nashville, Tennessee, homeless ministry called Room in the Inn. It was decades ago, in 1990, on a cold night in the dead of winter. I drove to my church, walked into the kitchen and immediately started cooking more food than I’d ever made in my life. We were making lasagna for roughly 20 men who were due to arrive at the church at any moment.
RFK Jr. was just the start of Trump’s bad public health picks
President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has given way to a slate of nominees for key health agencies that portend worrisome changes in how the US approaches public health.
As I See It: Searching for answers
Corporations have never been known for being warm and fuzzy. Couple that with the shortage of hireable reliable people and the presumption of computer competent customers and we’re in trouble.
Westside Stories: Our flag still waves
There’s a kind of hush all over the world.
Letters — Your voice — for November 27
Giving thanks for good leadership
Why I voted third party and I’m not sorry
I’m a progressive Californian, a Black man, and I did not vote for Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris this year or Donald Trump. I voted for Claudia De La Cruz, the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for president.
Gift ideas that push back the darkness
Forget the necktie that will sit in Dad’s closet or the perfume that your sister Sue will soon regift, for I have some better ideas.
Musk hopes to make budget cutting cool
If Donald Trump doesn’t kill Elon Musk before Musk offs Vivek Ramaswamy, together the three best bros have a chance to achieve something every administration promises, but none has delivered: Rid the federal budget of waste, fraud and inefficiency.
Now is the time to celebrate Care Heroes
Every November, we celebrate National Hospice and Palliative Care Month to recognize the vital role that compassionate care plays in the lives of patients and families across Hawaii. As CEO of Hawaii Care Choices, I see firsthand the comfort and dignity our services provide to those facing serious illnesses.
Letters — Your voice – for November 22
Kona Rotary meeting highlights Trump irony
Donald Trump is already starting to fail
That was quick.
Rubio as secretary of state — Will he be able to rein in Trump’s isolationist impulses?
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to be secretary of state on Wednesday will elevate the Miami native and son of Cuban exiles to the post of America’s chief diplomat.
Progressives now learn to love the Senate filibuster
News outlets called the last outstanding U.S. Senate race this week for Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona. That gives Republicans a 53-47 edge in the chamber after picking up four seats.
Waltz’s foreign policy dance card — Avoid dangerous isolationism
The week after he won the White House, Donald Trump announced his national security advisor. It was 2016 and the pick was Mike Flynn, a man with an oddly pro-Russian worldview who only would last three weeks in the role, having lied to the vice president about talking to the Russians. Flynn was also under investigation for being an unregistered foreign agent. Later convicted of crimes, Flynn was ultimately pardoned by Trump.
As I see it —Why not Mexico?
A lot of manufacturing has gone from the -US to Asia. First it was Japan manufacturing
Raise your head high and keep fighting
The election was not about Trump.
Understanding ‘logos’ — The power of words
As the dust settles on another contentious election cycle, Americans are left to ponder the lasting impact of the countless speeches delivered by those vying for our votes. These orations, often derided as mere “campaign rhetoric,” are, in fact, far more profound. They represent a timeless exercise of the ancient concept of “logos” — the art of using words to paint vivid pictures, conjure entire worlds and shape the very course of our nation.
