October 2018
Tuesday, October 30Letters: More Options For Senior Dental Care
Monday, October 29Letters: Limiting Condo Parking Is Poor Civic Planning
Friday, October 26Letters: Can We Save Vulnerable Islands?
Tuesday, October 23Letters: Shining Light On OHA Allowances
Friday, October 19Letters: Voters Just Can’t Be Trusted With A ConCon
Thursday, October 18Letters: Private Donations To Teachers Simply Wrong
Thursday, October 11Letters: Does Red Hill Violate The Constitution?
Monday, October 8Letters: Thank You For Reading Hawaii’s Constitution
Wednesday, October 3Letters: Diving In To Dive Bars
Monday, October 1Letters: A Chinese History Lesson For Honolulu Rail
September 2018
Thursday, September 27Letters: Kavanaugh And Statute Of Limitations
Monday, September 24Letters: Maybe A Con Con Will Be Worth It
Thursday, September 20Letters: Bashing Micronesians Is Not Cool
Wednesday, September 19Letters: No Easy Solutions For Mental Health Care
Monday, September 17Letters: Fires, Teachers And Politics
Wednesday, September 12Letters: A Hawaiian’s View Of Brett Kavanaugh
Monday, September 10Letters: Wood-Burning Power Plant? That’s So 19th Century
Friday, September 7Letters: Is This Movie A Fitting Tribute Or A Cultural Exploitation?
Wednesday, September 5Letters: These Aloha Shirts Really Are ‘Lucky Charms’
Tuesday, September 4Letters: The Soul-Wrenching Experience Of Rape
August 2018
Friday, August 31Letters: John McCain Was A Warmonger
Monday, August 27Letters: Your Hurricane Live Cam Rocked
Wednesday, August 22Letters: Rejecting Donations In OHA Races
Tuesday, August 21Letters: There’s A Reason Hawaii Dems Are In Charge
Monday, August 20Letters: Press Vs. Trump — The Debate Continues
Friday, August 17Letters: Pushing Back Against Trump
Thursday, August 16Letters: Big Pharma Is Working Against Us
Wednesday, August 15Letters: Time For Ranked-Choice Voting
Monday, August 13Letters: Clarifying Data On Sex Offenders
Thursday, August 9Letters: We’ve Seen This Type Of Political Ad Before
Monday, August 6Letters: What Is Be Change Now Really Up To?
Friday, August 3Letters: Don’t Rush To Judgment On LNG
Wednesday, August 1Letters: Playing The Woman Card
July 2018
Monday, July 30Letters: Ed Case’s Steady Support For Gay Rights
Friday, July 27Letters: Why Are We Still Talking About False Missile Alert?
Thursday, July 26Letters: Uber Debate Is Actually About Consumer Protections
Tuesday, July 24Letters: Hold Off On Banyan Drive Plans
Monday, July 23Letters: Heroes For The Voiceless
Friday, July 20Letters: What Does Caldwell Know About Taxis?
Monday, July 16Letters: Modi, The New Hitler? Nope
Wednesday, July 11Letters: These Voters Support Tulsi Gabbard
Monday, July 9Letters: Vote For Honest And Effective Government
Friday, July 6Letters: Police Board An Issue In Governor’s Race
Monday, July 2Letters: Help The Police Help Us
June 2018
Thursday, June 28Tuesday, June 26Letters: Doctors Are People Too
Friday, June 22Letters: Politicians In Trouble
Wednesday, June 20Letters: City Workers At Risk?
Monday, June 18Letters: Neighbor Islands Better Suited For New Hawaiian Homelands
Wednesday, June 13Tuesday, June 12Letters: Mental Hospitals Are A Terrible Idea
Monday, June 11Letters: Uber’s Surge Pricing Is Merely Supply And Demand
Friday, June 8Letters: War Games On The Big Island
Thursday, June 7Letters: There’s More Than One Way To Battle Opioid Overdoses
Wednesday, June 6Letters: Regulate Uber Drivers — For Their Own Good
Tuesday, June 5Letters: Get Involved In The Fight For Clean Water
Monday, June 4Letters: More On How We Talk About Race
Friday, June 1Letters: What Does Hanabusa Actually Stand For?
May 2018
Thursday, May 31Letters: Let’s Not Pretend Society Can Be Color-Blind Just Yet
Wednesday, May 30Letters: Red Hill Account Is Like A Nonfiction Horror Story
Tuesday, May 29Letters: Not Buying Hawaii’s Most Popular Politician
Friday, May 25Letters: Look Closer At Why Homes Are Built In Lava’s Path
Wednesday, May 23Letters: Hawaii Island Mayor Defended After ‘Colored Guy’ Reference
Tuesday, May 22Letters: Readers Hate Those Blue Beach Chairs
Monday, May 21Letters: Kaniela Ing’s Big Mistake
Friday, May 18Letters: Life In The ‘Punaverse’
Wednesday, May 16Letters: DOE’s Kishimoto Is Not ‘Highly Effective’
Tuesday, May 15Letters: Live Lava Cam ‘Fascinating But Scary’
Monday, May 14Letters: Let The Press Be Our Eyes And Ears
Friday, May 11Letters: Don’t Let The Mayor Hire The Police Chief
Wednesday, May 9Letters: Aid In Dying In Big Sky Country
Tuesday, May 8Letters: We Knew The Risk Of Living In A Lava Zone
Monday, May 7Letters: Rachael Wong Was Brave To Speak Out
Friday, May 4Letters: Don’t Hold Your Breath For Millennial Vote
Wednesday, May 2Letters: The Plague of Dockless Rental Bikes
Tuesday, May 1Letters: Let Lava Vendors Stay Where They Are
April 2018
Friday, April 27Letters: Why These Hawaii Retirees Joined The Oregon Migration
Thursday, April 26Letters: Just Who Would Pay The New Education Tax?
Wednesday, April 25Letters: Self-Driving Cars Will Not Make Rail Obsolete
Tuesday, April 24Letters: Socialism Is Not the Answer
Monday, April 23Letters: We Need To Help Our Children
Friday, April 20Letters: Mainland Views On Kauai Floods
Wednesday, April 18Letters: Why Weren’t People Warned About Massive Rainstorm?
Tuesday, April 17Letters: Protect The Hilo Doctor From Death Threats
Friday, April 13Letters: Don’t Be Fooled By Zuckerberg’s Boyish Charm
Wednesday, April 11Letters: Mark Zuckerberg Deserves Better From Kauai
Tuesday, April 10Letters: Cats Are The World’s Deadliest Invasive Species
Monday, April 9Letters: We’ve Named Too Many Things After Dan Inouye
Thursday, April 5Letters: Evictions Threaten Maui Renters
Wednesday, April 4Letters: Reject ‘Snobbiness’ And Allow Prefab Homes
Monday, April 2Letters: Aid In Dying — ‘Sad Joke’ Or ‘Dose Of Mercy?’
March 2018
Thursday, March 29Letters: How About A Little Love For Vacation Rentals
Wednesday, March 28Letters: No Place For Harassment In Land Of Aloha
Wednesday, March 21Letters: Is Djou A Turncoat? Or Man Of Integrity?
Tuesday, March 20Letters: Police Chief Already Under Siege
Monday, March 19Letters: Waianae Isn’t Only Homeless Camp That Needs Our Help
Thursday, March 15Letters: School Bus Bullies And Gun Violence
Wednesday, March 14Letters: Twinkle Borge Is A Hero
Monday, March 12Letters: Gene Ward Is Blowing Smoke
Friday, March 9Letters: Suing Farmers Is Simply A Gravy Train For Lawyers
Thursday, March 8Letters: ‘Assault Weapons Designed For War’
Tuesday, March 6Letters: Voting System Should Not Discriminate
Monday, March 5Letters: The Fundamental Right To End One’s Life
Friday, March 2Letters: We Need To Demand A Stop To Derelict Vehicles
Thursday, March 1Letters: Reject ‘Hollow, State-Sanctioned Suicide’
February 2018
Wednesday, February 28
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Letters: More Options For Senior Dental Care
Medicare’s annual enrollment period runs now through Dec. 7.
Letters: Limiting Condo Parking Is Poor Civic Planning
Why bank on a rail system that may not even come into existence by 2025?
Caleb Hartsfield/Civil Beat
Letters: Can We Save Vulnerable Islands?
A story about the obliteration of a remote Hawaiian islet resonates in Alaska.
Caleb Hartsfield/Civil Beat
Letters: Shining Light On OHA Allowances
Two trustees respond to a recent news article on the spending practice.
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Letters: Voters Just Can’t Be Trusted With A ConCon
Corporate entities could promote changes to the Hawaii constitution that would favor business over workers and weaken civil rights.
Letters: Private Donations To Teachers Simply Wrong
Hawaii public education is underfunded, but directly involving rich people is a path toward privatization.
Caleb Hartsfield/Civil Beat
Letters: Does Red Hill Violate The Constitution?
The state is supposed to conserve and protect Hawaii’s natural resources, including clean water.
Caleb Hartsfield/Civil Beat
Letters: Thank You For Reading Hawaii’s Constitution
The document needs an update, even if politicians say we can’t afford it.
Caleb Hartsfield/Civil Beat
Letters: Diving In To Dive Bars
Readers also had lots to say about a homeless camp and the proposed education tax.