With all the noise over Kau Inoa and the echo from the racial satire of Cow Inoa, I wonder what the first settlers to Hawaii would think of what has happened to the people who reside in these beautiful islands, regardless of their origin. Would they be impressed with what many have come to describe … Read More »

As of today, global warming and weather pattern disruptions notwithstanding, I have effectively defied a few laws of nature. One week ago I washed my car. It needed the cleaning. The past month was nothing but steady, daily rain, which wreaks havoc on my car washing schedule. Alright, it’s not much of a schedule. I … Read More »

You would think that Hawaii, alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from the industrial pollution and factory wastes of Asia, South America, North America, would be immune to the effects of acid rain. Acid rain is an insidious and dangerous result of human emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which … Read More »

This fact is difficult to deny. Mother Nature hates tourists in Hawaii and shows her disdain for their desire to frolic along Hawaii’s beaches with increasing creativity. Maybe the fury released in recent storms and jellyfish infestations is retribution for past sins against nature by tourists from wherever. Whatever it is, it’s obvious that Mother … Read More »

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 »

Unless Hawaii’s state legislature does something really wild and crazy, they’re just 90 days shy of not passing any lame laws for three years. I was digging around HawaiiReporter this morning looking for worthy reading to add to my stack of worthless topics to write about, and came upon the section entitled Lame Law of … Read More »