Today’s headline has to do with traffic on Oahu. According to those who know such things, study such things, and to those of us who just watch and figure it out on our own, no matter what happens, traffic is going to get worse. Honolulu’s city and county government plan to spend up to $5-billion … Read More »

Who says voters don’t pay attention? Straight out of David Letterman’s nightly Top 10 List comes the Top 10 Bans Considered by the Hawaii Legislature in 2008. Not only are elected officials considering a ban on aspartame, HawaiiReporter compiled a list of other items to be banned. Additional perspective provided to ease the pain in … Read More »

I know someone who lives in Minnesota. He says that Minnesota has four seasons. Snow. More snow. Still snowing. And road construction. Isn’t it remarkable how states with such severe weather manage to have better streets and roads (not bridges, apparently) than Hawaii, though we can repair and build ours 12 months a year? A … Read More »

Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it. Or, so the saying goes. The road less traveled is often less traveled for a reason. Maybe the reason no one does anything about the weather is because you can’t do anything about the weather. Climatologists from all over the world (actually, about … Read More »

Even while Target’s first big box store goes up in Kapolei, the number of visitors to Hawaii’s hotels goes down. In the face of economic uncertainty, Target is hiring workers, and Hawaiian Telcom is laying off workers. If some of us thought Hawaii’s economic boom would continue forever, then be forwarned– forever is about to … Read More »

Americans love lists. Locally, we love lists whereby Hawaii looks good. Best beaches. Best lava flow on U.S. soil. Most expensive gasoline in the country. Highest housing costs in the nation. That kind of thing. So it is with pride we view the latest lists from TravelAdvisor.com and their 2008 Traveler’s Choice Awards. Six of … Read More »