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People who relish power will abuse it

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

The Colorado Springs Gazette

Conservatives and liberals have long debated the most effective way to ensure accountability in government. Conservatives, who usually view human nature as...

Your Views for May 18

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

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Bombers’ lack of script more evident

Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06am

By JULIETTE KAYYEM

New York Times News Service

It is now clear that the Tsarnaev brothers had no strategic plan but to kill in a very public fashion. There was no mission so sacred...

Your Views for May 7

Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06am

‘Pot’ efforts thwarted

More than 20 cannabis bills were introduced at the state Legislature this session, reflecting changing attitudes and increased interest in reform at a time when tight...

Want Blood? Get warrant

Updated: May 06, 2013 12:05am

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Zealous efforts to get drunken drivers off the road so they cannot kill someone — which happens in this country every 53 minutes — are welcome. But they should...

Wise governance is not a game

Updated: May 06, 2013 12:05am

President Obama said once again last week that Syria’s “use of chemical weapons would be a game-changer.”

The president had played this game many times before. “I have made clear that the...

Jamestown story too good to check out

Updated: May 06, 2013 12:05am

As generations of schoolchildren were told, Jamestown in 1607 was the first permanent English settlement on what would become the United States. What we learned this week is that those English...

Why judicial activism matters

Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06am

“The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity, and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.”

— James Madison, Federalist 48...

Cartoon for May 4

Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06am

The Big Island as seen by Hawaii Tribune-Herald cartoonist Gary Hoff

Your Views for May 5

Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06am

It’s a health issue

The Coalition for Tobacco-Free Hawaii (CTFH) and CTFH-East Hawaii Community Coalition give a big nod to the fifth anniversary of the ban of tobacco use at Hawaii County...

White House press corps is just awful

Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06am

By SHERMAN FREDERICK

Stephens Media

I dragged my Pacific Daylight Time, Las Vegas arse out of bed early Tuesday to watch President Barack Obama take questions from the national press...

Your Views for May 4

Updated: May 04, 2013 12:05am

Mahalo for aid

A big mahalo to the kind person or persons who came to my son Jon Patterson’s aid on Tuesday, March 5, and called 911.

He was traveling on Komohana Street when he felt a...