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 11, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

College students’ angst is the worst in decades

April 11, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Since the Trump administration has refused to guarantee that people being picked and deported using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act have the right to appear before a judge, the U.S. Supreme Court m...

April 11, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A leopard can’t change its spots. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is hoping the public won’t remember that.

April 5, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

You think the Signalgate debacle is a national security disaster? You may not realize the half of it. This Pentagon blunder (don’t call it a mistake) lays bare the security risks posed b...

April 5, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The death penalty should be off the table for Luigi Mangione, accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. And not for any reason sympathetic to Mangione.

April 4, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

President’s tariffs already are backfiring