Their Views

May 26, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

The Supreme Court’s decision to authorize the Trump administration to shut down a relief program protecting the residency of some 350,000 Venezuelans is the end result of a bad series of...

May 26, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

How can Americans best defend their democracy from their president?

May 25, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

President Donald Trump redefined America’s role in the world during last week’s four-day trip to the Middle East.

May 25, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Providing care for Hawaii’s veteran kupuna is both a responsibility and a privilege. At our 95-bed Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo, we serve long-term care residents whose lives...

May 24, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

If you have been to an ER lately — or if you’ve watched the disturbingly accurate TV show “The Pitt” — you’ve seen scenes that resemble field hospitals more...

May 24, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey committed an act of Democratic heresy Tuesday, saying “I think that some of what Donald Trump has done on the border makes a lot of sense.”

May 23, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Boeing has a new reform-minded leader after years of turmoil, a resolved machinists strike and a new contract to deliver up to 210 widebody aircraft to Qatar Airways.

May 23, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

So many Americans seem to reflexively believe their elected officials are corrupt — at least two-thirds of adults, according to a recent poll by YouGov — it sometimes seems as if s...

May 22, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The belated withdrawal of Joe Biden from last year’s presidential election has now been shown to be even more correct (the withdrawal, not the belatedness).

May 22, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Obtaining a building permit from the Hawaii County often can take months for simple renovations and almost a year for more complicated projects.

May 22, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Judging by public statements, prospects for a new deal to contain Iran’s nuclear program may be improving. A top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has affirmed the regime...

May 21, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

There are two distinct threats to the U.S. economy of 2025. One is the president’s shoot-first-ask-questions-later trade war, which has rattled both consumers and the bond market, not to...

May 21, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Before I became an American citizen, I knew America.

May 20, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The latest eruption of hostilities between India and Pakistan appears to have ended as others have — with U.S. officials helping nudge the two nuclear powers back from the brink. Neither...

May 19, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

President Donald Trump celebrates controversy. He also must revel in unnecessarily gifting his political opponents issues to exploit.

May 19, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The Signal scandal drew howls of outrage for the way Trump administration officials insecurely exchanged texts about military strikes on Yemen. But dig a little deeper, and there’s an ev...