Their Views

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...

May 19, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Two contradictory events this week illustrate the muddled, inconsistent mess that passes for U.S. immigration policy.

May 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

When I first told family that I had been chosen as chancellor at UH Hilo, my mother’s cousin posted a message on my Facebook that my late father would be proud of me. I have been thinkin...

May 18, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

“Never take sides against the family” — that’s the creed of the Corleone family in “The Godfather,” and the Democratic Party today.

May 17, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the U.S. military accepting used equipment from another country, President Donald Trump’s plan to use a Boeing 747 from Qatar as a new A...

May 17, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

“The casting couch is not a crime scene.”

May 16, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

With the news that the royal family of Qatar is gifting a $400 million airliner to the Trump administration to use as a new Air Force One, it has become clear to me that if President Donald Tr...

May 16, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

States should think twice before creating state strategic crypto reserves before following New Hampshire’s lead. That state’s lawmakers have placed a dubious bet using public funds...

May 15, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

It’s official: Democrats have decided to become the party of protecting illegal criminal migrants and gang members — and that is their key to regaining power.

May 15, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Only in the upside-down world of Donald Trump’s second term can 30% import duties on our largest trading partner be considered a positive sign, with the stock market soaring. So yes, the...

May 14, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

I wonder if nations can be characterized by the same attributes, emotions and traits that we use to describe people. Can a nation grieve or be aggrieved, just as a person can? Can it be welcom...

May 14, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

It’s no surprise that President Donald Trump’s first trade “deal” after his disastrous tariffs is more-so a framework than a done deal, but a handshake with British Pri...

May 14, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

The Trump White House is 1,000% wrong in “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus in the context of immigration. It is the only protection written into the Constitution, not...

May 13, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

The journey of Bob Prevost of the South Side of Chicago to Pope Leo XIV of the Holy See could not have been foreseen when the new pope was a Chicago kid in the 1960s or when he was a math majo...

May 13, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Ever since those two mushroom clouds darkened the skies above the fiery hell that was Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world’s two nuclear superpowers somehow found ways to work together &mda...

May 12, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Unable to make a case in court against Kilmar Abrego García, the man illegally deported to the notorious CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador, federal investigators have focused on smearing...