The web site LendingTree says, “When banks compete, you win.” The idea is simple enough. If you need a home mortgage, your application gets shopped among different banks so you can choose the best offer from multiple offers. In a local exercise of what could pass as real investigative journalism, the Honolulu Advertiser shows that … Read More »

I read with amazement Monica Hatori’s thinly veiled A Call to Arms, Stand With Your Alii, which, among other things, advocates that the United States Supreme Court return the Kingdom of Hawaii to Hawaiians. As yet another in a growing list of Hawaiian sovereignty groups, the so-called living heirs of Hawaii’s Alii, the Kamehameha’s, seek … Read More »

I like to read Letters to the Editor in the newspaper. Local television and radio stations don’t have a similar outlet for those with an opinion. Internet sites often have a Comments section which allows opinions to be expressed and shared with relative anonymity. Few people read my site, and fewer leave comments, which means … Read More »

Scan the local newspapers to see how much of the news that is printed is local news. Most news is not local news, it’s national or international or features, which isn’t really news, but takes up a lot of reading space. Either there just isn’t much news going on in Hawaii, or local news is … Read More »

Hawaii, for the most part, is a state controlled by the Democratic Party. For the first time in a long time, Hawaii’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention might be important to a candidate for President. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, lived here a few years, left for a few years, then lived here … Read More »

I claim this solution as my own, even if it’s been mentioned before. Out of sight, out of mind. If I haven’t heard of it, and I haven’t, then it’s original. The first class traffic solution is easy. Forget spending billions on a fixed rail system that won’t reduce the number of cars on the … Read More »