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Entries for December 2008
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
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December 31, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 9:55 PM :: 11358 Views
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Worst climate predictions of 2008 We’re now well into the earth’s third straight harsher winter—but in late 2007 it was still hard ...
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| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
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December 30, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 8528 Views
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Legislative Agenda 2009: Privatize Maui Memorial? (Now that MMMC has driven away private competitors, they seek to become private themselves.) Maui...
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| Monday, December 29, 2008 |
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December 29, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 9:36 AM :: 7833 Views
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Replacing Levinson: State high court could be shorthanded till February A replacement for Associate Justice Steven Levinson, who retires this week, l...
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| Sunday, December 28, 2008 |
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December 28, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 9617 Views
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Deepak Chopra blames America for Mumbai attack--so now he's coming to Kaua`i WSJ: Deepak blames America Interviews with Deepak Chopra: Larry King Li...
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| Saturday, December 27, 2008 |
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December 27, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 9:44 PM :: 6048 Views
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The Unitarian Church and Obama's Religious Upbringing With the media carefully pretending not to notice, Barack Obama's choice to hold a memorial ser...
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| Friday, December 26, 2008 |
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December 26, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3383 Views
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Obama: Two hours with four investigators Every president for more than three decades has had to talk with federal prosecutors at one time or another....
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| Thursday, December 25, 2008 |
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December 25, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 8211 Views
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Supreme Court sends Hokulia case back to Ibarra Update: Advertiser article Jan 3, 2009 A state Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for progress...
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| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 |
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December 24, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 10343 Views
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Obama questioned by Federal prosecutors Federal prosecutors investigating alleged corruption by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich interviewed President-...
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| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
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December 23, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 7846 Views
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Sovereignty Child torturer: Carlisle critical of delayed sentence Prosecutor Peter Carlisle lashed out yesterday at a judge's decision to allow a wo...
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| Monday, December 22, 2008 |
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December 22, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 6515 Views
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Akaka Bill backers like the new odds (With Obama in town, here is what the Star Bulletin decided to run...) "The results of the presidential an...
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| Sunday, December 21, 2008 |
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December 21, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 PM :: 4888 Views
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Honolulu police chief says officer convictions end 'dark chapter' The last of a small cadre of former Honolulu police officers who abused their power...
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| Saturday, December 20, 2008 |
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December 20, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 6:45 PM :: 7314 Views
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CATO Institute Weighs in on Ceded Lands case One such obscure case, however, merits watching for its ramifications on the constitutional principle th...
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| Friday, December 19, 2008 |
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December 19, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 9740 Views
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A partner for MMMC is ‘urgent’ ...the hospital's facilities could be sold or leased to a partner with expertise in health care finances ...
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| Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
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December 18, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:12 PM :: 4197 Views
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Campaign News: Panel won't call for repeal of campaign donation law (Abercrombie loses out)
(Some 80-90% of Neil Abercrombie's congr...
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
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December 17, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:19 PM :: 11153 Views
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Gen. Shinseki's Silence by Lawrence Di Rita The announcement that retired Army chief of staff Eric Shinseki will be President-elect Barack Obama's...
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| Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
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December 16, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 5746 Views
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Inouye named in corruption probe Mitch Wade, the defense contractor who bribed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and then helped to swift...
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| Monday, December 15, 2008 |
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December 15, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 7144 Views
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Even with native son, Hawaii still last in voter turnout Hawaii and West Virginia tied for the lowest turnout rate, at 50.6 percent. Arkansas, Utah a...
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| Saturday, December 13, 2008 |
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December 13, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 7857 Views
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Hawai`i Communist Party Leader AQ McElrath dies Hawaii Governor Jack Burns, 1975: “Every guy in the ILWU was at one time or another a member of...
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| Friday, December 12, 2008 |
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December 12, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:36 PM :: 6400 Views
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HMSA to boost rates by 18.2% Hawaii's largest health insurer received state approval this week to boost rates on Jan. 1 by an average 18.2 percent f...
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| Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
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December 11, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:40 PM :: 6437 Views
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Broken Trustee: Jervis in court Former Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate Trustee Gerard Jervis was indicted March 20 on charges of criminal prop...
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| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
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December 10, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:44 PM :: 7178 Views
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Lingle may pick Moon successor The delicate dance of power between the Legislature, the governor and the state Supreme Court becomes more interesting...
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| Tuesday, December 9, 2008 |
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December 9, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:47 PM :: 8029 Views
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Eco-snobs give Supreme Court another chance to toy with Superferry The state Supreme Court, whose ruling last year led to a three-month shutdown of H...
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| Monday, December 8, 2008 |
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December 8, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 6867 Views
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North Hawaii Community Hospital Faces Critical Doctor Shortage
by Earl E. Bakken, M.D.
... We know that doctors are leaving for three key reasons: ...
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| Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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December 7, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 7955 Views
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Infamous Day of “East Wind, Rain” by Richard Olivastro It was early morning, Thursday, Dec. 4, 1941, when senior radio operator Ralp...
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| Thursday, December 4, 2008 |
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December 4, 2008
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 3795 Views
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How the GOP Can Court Black Voters by Andrew Walden Republicans wondering what happened to cause John McCain’s election defeat got a sharp con...
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