It’s been dry in most of Hawaii for years. It’s not just upcountry or West Maui that needs rain. Most of the islands need better than average rainfall for many years to come. Since the infamous 40 days of rain in early 2006, Hawaii reverted back to the recent decade of dry weather. Enough is … Read More »
Dropouts, women, sharks, and big money
October 30, 2007
It would be more difficult for a network television soap opera to come up with the intriguing story lines in just one day of Hawaii’s news. Right on top there’s word of a study which shows that seven schools on Oahu are nothing more than ‘dropout factories‘ where 40-percent of freshmen will fail, and drop … Read More »
The strange story of gasoline prices
October 29, 2007
I’m not a university trained economist or a mathematician, but I do have a little common sense, and a calculator. When I put the two together, I come up with a few questions. This has to do with the price of gasoline in Hawaii, now hovering around $3.25 a gallon, a price which ranks among … Read More »
A perspective on CNN
October 28, 2007
I tell my friends and family on the mainland that we pay closer attention to their weather than they pay attention to the weather in Hawaii. For example, regarding heat waves, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, snow storms, ice storms, drought, and other natural disasters, we tune in to CNN for all the news details and … Read More »
Where is all the local news?
October 27, 2007
Most of us get our news, local or otherwise, from mainstream media– newspapers, television, radio– though increasingly online. News, by definition, should be a reflection of what is happening around us, including noteworthy information about events where most of us are not privileged to the details. The number of pharmaceutical commercials on the evening national … Read More »
Ethnic commercials in Hawaii
October 26, 2007
Last week I had lunch with my friend Cedric at the Poi Bowl in Ala Moana’s Makai Market. Between bites of lau lau, Cedric commented on television commercials about restaurants in Ala Moana Center. I told him I saw the same commercials but not one on Poi Bowl. “Too ethnic,” was Cedric’s reply. “Da kine … Read More »
