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Reflecting on his two terms in office, President George W. Bush said in 2010, "You realize you're not it. You're a part of something bigger than yourself." This is a sentiment President Barack Obama did not inherit from his successor. Over the past month we have witnessed several displays of arrogant power emanating from our [...]
BY SYDNEY ROSS SINGER - Do people belong in the environment? A class action lawsuit being prepared by the Pele Defense Fund may help decide that question. At issue is conservation versus public use of wild spaces. When we think of conservation, we are supposed to have a warm fuzzy feeling that we are protecting [...]
BY CONGRESSMAN ED CASE (D-HAWAII 2002-2007) - Audrey and I are just back from a great four days talking story across Hawai'i Island. It's crystal clear that folks on my home island, like the rest of us, want strong, effective leadership that'll fix DC and get our economy and country moving forward again. With just three [...]
REPORT FROM LINDA LINGLE'S US SENATE CAMPAIGN - They sniff out bombs, patrol dangerous explosive zones, and put themselves in harm's way to protect our soldiers. Yet military working dogs are currently classified as "equipment" by the Pentagon and are sometimes left behind and forgotten. Former Governor Linda Lingle, candidate for Hawaii's open U.S. Senate [...]
BY LOWELL L. KALAPA - Hawaii taxpayers can breathe a sigh of relief as lawmakers turned out the lights on the 2012 session with no major tax increases approved or other types of revenue enhancements awaiting the governor’s approval. After all, this is an election year with every lawmaker up for reelection as a result [...]
BY CHRISTOPHER G. ADAMO - Liberal media minions are atwitter over the manufactured unemployment statistic which has been steadily lowering in recent months and now approaches the eight percent milestone. Prominent conservatives have also noted the suspiciously timed “drop” in the nation’s unemployment, and are expressing dismay over its blatantly fabricated nature. Yet at the [...]
BY J.D. Tuccille - If the Transportation Security Administration is going to destroy expensive medical equipment and so infuriate airline passengers with intrusive faux security that they strip naked in protest, I think we have the right to demand that the agency do so efficiently. Gross incompetency and civil liberties violations really can be done on the cheap, you know. [...]
BY JOHN STOSSEL - A child leaving home alone for the first time takes a risk. So does the entrepreneur who opens a new business. I no more want government to prevent us from doing these things than I want it to keep us in padded cells. Everyone has a different tolerance for risk. One [...]
BY Baylen Linnekin - The Farm Bill, that quintessentially quinquennial congressional replenishment of the pork trough from which many of America’s farmers indulge, is now upon us. Late last month the bill, dubbed the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, cleared what will likely be its biggest hurdle when the bipartisan Senate Agriculture Committee voted 16-5 in its favor. [...]
BY JOHN S. CARROLL - There's been a lot of media coverage lately about the lack of public debates between Mazie Hirono and Ed Case. Case has complained bitterly about being granted a single televised debate and a handful of joint forums with Hirono. He should be grateful. To date, Linda Lingle has ducked every [...]
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