State must not let furlough talks flounder

It's officially the holiday season, which is probably a good time to assume the best intentions of the people guiding the public school system through its budgetary crisis. However, even the best intentions mean little if these people fail to get results in short order. More

Education must be in battle plan

On a cold winter night in February 1989, the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan. The West basked in its victory, leaving Afghanistan in triumph and turning its attention to the collapse of the USSR. We forgot about the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan, who made our victory possible. More

H1N1 outbreak helping us learn about immunity

One of the profound mysteries of medicine is why in the midst of an epidemic some people become severely ill and die while others remain unscathed. During the great plagues of past centuries, like the Black Death, smallpox and yellow fever, the answer was often cast in religious terms: Survival was... More

Weighing strategy on climate change policy

It seems like proponents for tough measures on climate change have fallen on hard times. President Obama, who campaigned for strong American leadership to fight global warming, has backpedaled. More

• We should stay out of treaty that hurts more than helps

We should stay out of treaty that hurts more than helps

A new global warming treaty would be all economic pain and little environmental gain for America even if China and other fast-developing nations sign on as well. But if developing nations remain exempt, it would be all economic pain and no environmental gain. More

• Weighing strategy on climate change policy

A day when peace rules the table

We now interrupt Mrs. Palin's book tour to bring you Thanksgiving, a grand old holiday, and we in the book business are thankful for her, that a busy woman who wanted to tell her story chose the medium of ink and paper between hard covers. More

China won't play by U.S. rules

BEIJING — On his recent trip to China, President Obama negotiated with our government on climate change and other issues such as economic recovery, currency regulation and denuclearization. More

Story ideas come from many sources

One of the most oft-asked questions I get is how exactly we get our stories. Stories and story ideas come in from all kinds of sources: government meetings, open hearings, press conferences, press releases, phone and e-mail tipsters, court filings, More

Rail

When Gov. Lingle reviews the final environmental impact statement for Honolulu's rail system, she should remember that it's remarkably similar to the same elevated rail project she proposed. More

Health Care Reform

The U.S. Senate will be back from the Thanksgiving holiday this week to begin what promises to be a long debate over the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (H.R. 3590). This version of the long-debated legislation expands access to health-care insurance and tightens regulations on... More

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Mäkua valley

As a senior Native Hawaiian Nänäkuli homesteader, army retiree, who trained in Hawaii for duty in Vietnam, I am disappointed with Judge Mollway's ruling against the Army Mäkua plan (Nov. 23). More

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