It’s extraordinarily hard, but the alternatives are unthinkable.

As painful as it may be to leave such a special place, opportunity awaits elsewhere.

The polarized debate over vaccine mandates is threatening to shred Hawaii’s let-it-slide ethic.

Instead of going through the “proper channels,” a group in Cincinnati showed how to achieve true grassroots change.

We need to get beyond the scripted back-and-forth of our public debate to take actions that get beyond the theater.

Talk of transforming the economy ignores the reality on the ground: people rely on tourism jobs, and alternatives take a long time to develop.

Let’s face it, job searches are a drag. Which is why we have so many agencies that are led by ‘interim’ heads.

When the granddaughter visits, swimming in the ocean is a go. Dining out at Zippy’s — we’ll have to see.

Vaccine hesitancy is yet another expression of how polarized we are, and it’s not going away.