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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 December 31, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:55 PM :: 11630 Views Worst climate predictions of 2008 We’re now well into the earth’s third straight harsher winter—but in late 2007 it was still hard ... Read More..

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 December 30, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 8732 Views Legislative Agenda 2009: Privatize Maui Memorial? (Now that MMMC has driven away private competitors, they seek to become private themselves.) Maui... Read More..

Monday, December 29, 2008 December 29, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:36 AM :: 8012 Views Replacing Levinson: State high court could be shorthanded till February A replacement for Associate Justice Steven Levinson, who retires this week, l... Read More..

Sunday, December 28, 2008 December 28, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 9995 Views Deepak Chopra blames America for Mumbai attack--so now he's coming to Kaua`i WSJ: Deepak blames America Interviews with Deepak Chopra: Larry King Li... Read More..

Saturday, December 27, 2008 December 27, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:44 PM :: 6207 Views The Unitarian Church and Obama's Religious Upbringing With the media carefully pretending not to notice, Barack Obama's choice to hold a memorial ser... Read More..

Friday, December 26, 2008 December 26, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3511 Views Obama: Two hours with four investigators Every president for more than three decades has had to talk with federal prosecutors at one time or another.... Read More..

Thursday, December 25, 2008 December 25, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 8407 Views Supreme Court sends Hokulia case back to Ibarra Update: Advertiser article Jan 3, 2009 A state Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for progress... Read More..

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 December 24, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 10536 Views Obama questioned by Federal prosecutors Federal prosecutors investigating alleged corruption by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich interviewed President-... Read More..

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 December 23, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 8023 Views Sovereignty Child torturer: Carlisle critical of delayed sentence Prosecutor Peter Carlisle lashed out yesterday at a judge's decision to allow a wo... Read More..

Monday, December 22, 2008 December 22, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 6676 Views Akaka Bill backers like the new odds (With Obama in town, here is what the Star Bulletin decided to run...) "The results of the presidential an... Read More..

Sunday, December 21, 2008 December 21, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 PM :: 5026 Views Honolulu police chief says officer convictions end 'dark chapter' The last of a small cadre of former Honolulu police officers who abused their power... Read More..

Saturday, December 20, 2008 December 20, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:45 PM :: 7486 Views CATO Institute Weighs in on Ceded Lands case One such obscure case, however, merits watching for its ramifications on the constitutional principle th... Read More..

Friday, December 19, 2008 December 19, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 9990 Views A partner for MMMC is ‘urgent’ ...the hospital's facilities could be sold or leased to a partner with expertise in health care finances ... Read More..

Thursday, December 18, 2008 December 18, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:12 PM :: 4301 Views Campaign News:  Panel won't call for repeal of campaign donation law (Abercrombie loses out) (Some 80-90% of Neil Abercrombie's congr... Read More..

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 December 17, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:19 PM :: 11437 Views Gen. Shinseki's Silence by Lawrence Di Rita The announcement that retired Army chief of staff Eric Shinseki will be President-elect Barack Obama's... Read More..

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 December 16, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 5924 Views Inouye named in corruption probe Mitch Wade, the defense contractor who bribed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and then helped to swift... Read More..

Monday, December 15, 2008 December 15, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 7312 Views Even with native son, Hawaii still last in voter turnout Hawaii and West Virginia tied for the lowest turnout rate, at 50.6 percent. Arkansas, Utah a... Read More..

Saturday, December 13, 2008 December 13, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 8111 Views Hawai`i Communist Party Leader AQ McElrath dies Hawaii Governor Jack Burns, 1975: “Every guy in the ILWU was at one time or another a member of... Read More..

Friday, December 12, 2008 December 12, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:36 PM :: 6566 Views HMSA to boost rates by 18.2% Hawaii's largest health insurer received state approval this week to boost rates on Jan. 1 by an average 18.2 percent f... Read More..

Thursday, December 11, 2008 December 11, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:40 PM :: 6618 Views Broken Trustee:  Jervis in court Former Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate Trustee Gerard Jervis was indicted March 20 on charges of criminal prop... Read More..

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 December 10, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:44 PM :: 7346 Views Lingle may pick Moon successor The delicate dance of power between the Legislature, the governor and the state Supreme Court becomes more interesting... Read More..

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 December 9, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:47 PM :: 8232 Views Eco-snobs give Supreme Court another chance to toy with Superferry The state Supreme Court, whose ruling last year led to a three-month shutdown of H... Read More..

Monday, December 8, 2008 December 8, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 7036 Views North Hawaii Community Hospital Faces Critical Doctor Shortage by Earl E. Bakken, M.D. ... We know that doctors are leaving for three key reasons: ... Read More..

Sunday, December 7, 2008 December 7, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 8128 Views Infamous Day of “East Wind, Rain” by Richard Olivastro It was early morning, Thursday, Dec. 4, 1941, when senior radio operator Ralp... Read More..

Thursday, December 4, 2008 December 4, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 3955 Views How the GOP Can Court Black Voters by Andrew Walden Republicans wondering what happened to cause John McCain’s election defeat got a sharp con... Read More..