Let me see if I understand this correctly. Former Honolulu politico and mainland transplant, Duke Bainum, ran for mayor against Mufi Hannemann and lost. So bitter in defeat was Bainum that he fled the state. Meanwhile, Mayor Mufi has an approval rating of about 80-percent or so, which prompts city council person Anne Kobayashi to … Read More »

Life in Hawaii is normal. If writing about paradise from a day at the beach is normal. Relative to many mainland locations Hawaii is rather high tech. Mostly. We have cell phones, Internet connections via DSL, cable TV, and the iPhone. Today’s mini-article was created using the Blackberry-like keyboard on my iPhone. The typing speed … Read More »

Best Life is a men’s magazine that knows something about Honolulu that many of us suspect, but didn’t know it was official. Of the Top 100 Best Places to Raise a Family, Honolulu comes in at #1.  #1? That’s not a typo. It’s not #111 out of the Top 100. Best LIfe looked for good … Read More »

Look around. Hawaii is beautiful, thanks to mother nature. What’s not beautiful about Hawaii isn’t all the fault of her temporary inhabitants. Mother nature can unleash the nasty, too. Over the past year we’ve had more ‘vog’ days than ever, even here on Oahu. Vog is here again. It’s highly reminiscent of fog, more closely … Read More »

We have a few earthquakes in Hawaii; many more on the Big Island, of course. Our quakes are tame compared to some regions. We shake, we rattle, we roll a little, but whatever damage there is in the islands appears to be minor (unless your home was the one knocked off the foundation by the … Read More »

Aloha Airlines closed down. ATA Airlines closed down. Now, Aloha Airlines Cargo closed down. The cargo group has had 85-percent of the island’s air cargo and ends up worth nothing to anyone except customers, and a few remaining employees. How bad was the management at Aloha? Most of what Hawaii needs in goods is imported, and … Read More »