Welcome everyone to the new and expanded General Election season in Hawaii. For the first time, we get to endure 3 months of newspaper, television, radio,and internet political ads. I’m… Read More »Where There’s Smoke, There’s Usually a Smokescreen
In the face of overwhelming odds, the smart tactician knows when to retreat, and eventually, when to surrender. He weighs the benefits of counter attack or falling back to a… Read More »Retreat or Surrender?
Voting is a right that too many people take lightly. If you choose not to be heard, others will do it for you. Itʻs election day and I only want… Read More »Get Out and Vote Today!
A couple months ago, I went to a training class in Waikiki and didnʻt want to hassle with parking so I caught the bus. When the class finished at about… Read More »Rail in Honolulu
I’ve been hearing a lot of people complain about what they term negative campaigning. These same people tell me that they only want to hear a candidate say what they… Read More »I’m Positive It Isn’t Negative
Maybe it’s just the fact that this is an election year but it seems to me that we’re losing the capacity to engage in reasonable discussions. It isn’t just online… Read More »Communications 101 (Fall 2012)
When I decided to ride the bus instead of drive to work, I knew there would be trade-offs. I had to leave earlier, couldn’t carry as much stuff with me,… Read More »Bus Stop Blues
Introspection: observation or examination of one’s own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself. It occurred to me today that what is lacking in our national discussion of the issues is a sense of introspection. It’s like my mother always told me,… Read More »Introspection Breeds Harmony
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Minority Report”, you probably remember how they used “scientific” methods to detect that someone was going to commit a crime and proceed to arrest… Read More »The Other C Word
I’ve been asked why I continue to blog about current events instead of finding a niche. Stuff like music, movies, dressing dogs in human clothes, or NASCAR. They ask how… Read More »Bang Your Head