Time to say thanks to the governor
Gov. David Ige deserves our thanks and our respect for keeping a level head and a steady hand in dealing with the issues on Maunakea.
Letter for Wednesday, August 14, 2019
• Changes in lifestyle, diet necessary to protect environment
Letter for Tuesday, August 13, 2019
• ‘Shock value’ no longer exists
Letter for Monday, August 12, 2019
• Here’s hoping fakecation industry takes off
The Second Amendment no longer reasonable
Throughout history, change has taken place. It is inevitable; absolutely nothing ever stays the same, from the tiniest microscopic atom to the universe.
Letters for Sunday, August 11, 2019
• Answers needed on how tax money is being spent • Safety measures needed at Kokee • Pesticides are not necessary to eliminate rats
Letters for Saturday, August 10, 2019
• Most people want the ‘center’ • We all need to care for Earth
Tourism industry expansion calls for balance
I have been traveling to Kauai since 2000 and have enjoyed the laid-back, peaceful surroundings of the whole island. I come to see the real Hawaii — not the big city of Honolulu, nor the high-cost retailers in Lahaina.
Letter for Friday, August 9, 2019
• Cases should not be delayed so often
The Temple of Science
Worshipers at the Temple of Science claim it is anti-constitutional for native people to believe that Mauna Kea is desecrated by building an eighteen-story telescope atop that volcano.
Prison reform will change lives for the better
After two and a half years, “Relatives and Friends of the Incarcerated” can celebrate a small victory in the arena of prison reform.
Letter for Thursday, August 8, 2019
• Recycling beach trash received strong support
Letter for Wednesday, August 7, 2019
• Changing times, so trust no one
The mother’s milk of politics
Jesse Unruh, Speaker of the California Assembly from 1961 to 1968, is credited with coining the phrase, “Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” … For better or worse, mostly worse I think — money is seen as the life force and energy behind politics and elections.
Letter for Monday, August 5, 2019
• Fishing tourney reeled in good times
Confessing to a love of trees
This column, my focus shifts to breathe in the healing green of trees rather than concentrate on the contention of a minority of Hawaiian people who break laws and strew opala, rubbish, on the bosom of the beloved Mauna Kea.
Kalalau needs people
Mahalo to the dedicated trail crew who opened the Kalalau Trail after one year. It was surely a huge task in hot weather. Now we can hope that hikers can help kick rocks out of the trail. We can all do our part.
Letter for Sunday, August 4, 2019
• Mainlanders ruining Kauai with their attitudes
Letter for Friday, August 2, 2019
• Inspiration comes from youth
Looking to space, stars and beyond
As an unlimited tonnage ship captain (who uses astronomy on the job) and as a person who has sailed on the voyaging canoe Hokule‘a, I find the arguments against the Thirty Meter Telescope on the basis of damaging the sacred nature of the mountain as confusing, unfounded and perhaps anti-constitutional.