Opinion

April 9, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

‘We are not alone in our alarm, our disgust’

April 9, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

No American is above the law. When congressional Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tried to subpoena Elon Musk earlier this year, Republicans blocked the effort....

April 8, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Most of us islanders enjoy the bliss of ignorance about the underworld — espionage against our nation, organized crime in our cities, assassinations on U.S. soil by foreign adversaries....

April 8, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Rally in Hilo was an

April 8, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Easter is coming, and families may be thinking twice about shelling out $8 or more for a dozen eggs to decorate. Here’s a better idea: Use potatoes!

April 7, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Something new has entered American consciousness: fear of the state.

April 7, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

President Donald Trump is showing America’s trading partners no mercy. If they export a lot to the U.S., it will tariff them back — by half. The rates are especially steep on many...

April 6, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Amid all the blaring headlines coming out of Washington, here’s a piece of news that is getting far too little attention: The U.S. is on course for fiscal breakdown.

April 6, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Nevada Democrats are outraged at an executive order that Donald Trump issued to regulate elections.

April 6, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Let’s join Canada to escape the ‘collapse’

April 14, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

You have to give it to Donald Trump. The man is a marvel at multitasking.

April 14, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Donald Trump caved.

April 14, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Donald Trump’s ever-evolving trade policy veered in another direction on Wednesday when the president announced he was pausing certain tariffs on many countries — but not China &md...

April 13, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed down schools in March 2020, our children are still suffering from learning loss. Recent results from the National Assessment of Education Progress...

April 13, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

During his last weeks in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order banning energy development on public lands in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains and in parts of north-central New Mex...

April 13, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

President Trump vs. the global economy