Do you wish your political opponents ill will? America’s public policy arena is growing increasingly volatile.

Those who grew up in Hawaii and want to leave aren’t just cultural outliers or victims of the economy.

Howard Schultz has done an amazing job branding Starbucks. But few people will buy his “centrist independent” pitch in these polarized times.

Slacktivism has taken over for transparency when it comes to important yet troubling public issues.

The internal dialogue kicked in big-time when we started searching for a new comfort zone, which we may find in Portland.

The Hawaii congresswoman is still surprisingly outspoken and non-PC at times, but she’s also become closed-off, managed and overly defensive.

The law governing challenges to election results is as worthless as a new telephone book. Both should be thrown out.

Sylvia Luke’s logical call for zero-based budgeting is far from a cure-all for a Legislature so set in its dysfunctional ways.

No public official enjoys more discretionary sway, but in this case it’s not being used for the public good.

This animal actually thrives on stress, and that’s only one of its coping mechanisms that humans would do well to emulate.

From Starbucks bathrooms to Hawaii’s recount law, the columnist has a lot on his mind this holiday season.

Government agencies conduct important research that helps businesses and individuals assess risks. This administration imperils that research.