Hamakua: A beautiful area with a rich history
Idrive Hamakua regularly. For those unfamiliar with the wet side, Hamakua is the area that includes the coastal cliffs on the rainy half of the island.
John Lewis left us a better America
Right now, America needs heroes. And we have one for the ages in John Lewis.
Cartoon for July 26
The Big Island as seen by Hawaii Tribune-Herald cartoonist Gary Hoff.
Sending troops to Oakland yet another desperate Trump ploy
President Donald Trump’s threat to send federal troops to Oakland is a desperate ploy to improve his sagging reelection hopes.
US needs a bold jobs program, not a patchwork bailout
Millions are unemployed, public budgets are falling apart, the economy is struggling, and the COVID-19 epidemic is raging anew — and most of the $2.7 trillion floor Congress put beneath that misery will soon be gone.
If Trump loses in November, watch what he does, not what he says
Cartoon for July 24
The world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Honor John Lewis — and serve democracy — by reinvigorating the Voting Rights Act
Republicans in Congress, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, effusively eulogized Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia after the civil rights legend died last week. McConnell, R-Ky., rightly described Lewis as an “American hero” who “put his life on the line to fight racism, promote equal rights and bring our nation into greater alignment with its founding principles.”
Cartoon for July 23
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Payout time for Congress on virus Rx
Two months ago, House Democrats passed the HEROES Act, another round of coronavirus stimulus relief. At $3 trillion, it was proclaimed dead on arrival for Senate Republicans, who crossed their fingers and bided their time, hoping Jared Kushner’s prediction of a “rocking” economy by mid-July would come true.
Time to penalize those who don’t follow smart coronavirus protocols
Last week, a group of people in Australia were caught at a birthday party in violation of new lockdown orders amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Cartoon for July 22
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
The Portland problem: Trump’s terrifying re-election gambit
Donald Trump, a congenital liar who hides his tax returns, is in one small sense the most transparent president ever: Ignoring a pandemic that has killed nearly 150,000 and trailing Joe Biden in all polls, he is brazenly attempting to terrify the electorate over a largely non-existent threat, conjuring an image of urban America brought to its knees by a tsunami of chaos and violent crime only he can stem.
Cartoon for July 21
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Trump’s shift of COVID-19 hospital data from the CDC to Washington hurts public trust
If this pandemic has taught us anything, it is how important accurate and transparent data is to this country getting control of this disease.
What you don’t know can’t hurt Trump
The execution of Daniel Lewis Lee was about politics, not justice
There was no good reason for the federal government to rush the execution last week of Daniel Lewis Lee. No good reason, that is, other than politics.
American Indians see change coming
A football team finally discards a despised and derogatory name, and the U.S. Supreme Court unexpectedly holds Congress to account for promises more than a century old. These two decisions, one symbolic, one legal, should provide some genuine hope that despite so many challenges, society is capable of positive change.
Planning for the unknown, with hope
“As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”
Biden shows he gets it on clean energy
As governments gear up to spend vast sums to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, the world has an unprecedented opportunity to land a big blow against climate change by investing in clean energy and green infrastructure. This week, the Democratic nominee for president showed he gets it.
