If you exhibit any empathy at all, reading the news these days is a terrible depressing experience. Every day it seems, the President “Baby” Donald Trump and Republican-controlled Legislatures across the country sign executive orders or introduce legislation designed to curb someone’s civil liberties–voting rights, trans rights, protester rights, even the rights of documented … [Read more...] about We talk story with ACLU Hawaii Legal Director Mateo Caballero about Trump’s assault on civil liberties
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Libertarian author Steven Greenhut talks public employees at Maui County Club
In case you were wondering, some of Maui’s richest and most powerful landowners and developers had lunch together on the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 24. Peter Martin, Charlie Jencks, Everett Dowling–they were all there at the Maui Country Club in Spreckelsville, eating turkey and ham sandwiches with green salad and listening with rapt attention to one of my former editors … [Read more...] about Libertarian author Steven Greenhut talks public employees at Maui County Club
The challenges the topless activists of Free The Nipple face on Maui
For more than two years, Maui’s branch of the Free The Nipple organization has been strutting their topless selves at Rainbow Park and down Baldwin Avenue in Paia Town. This past August, they walked down towards the Cove at Baldwin Beach, and many onlookers might have been wondering, “Who are these topless hippies? And, why are they cruising through Paia with their boobs … [Read more...] about The challenges the topless activists of Free The Nipple face on Maui
Republican 10th District Candidate Chayne Marten arrested on sex assault charges
The 10th District state House race (which spans from West Maui to North Kihei) got a whole lot more complicated with the Oct. 11 arrest of Republican Chayne Marten, who is once again challenging incumbent Democrat Angus McKelvey. After he was booked, The Maui News reported on Oct. 14, Marten pleaded not guilty to “five charges of first-degree sexual assault, three charges of … [Read more...] about Republican 10th District Candidate Chayne Marten arrested on sex assault charges
Using newly declassified documents, we examine the legacy of Elmer Cravalho, Maui County’s most important political leader.
Elmer Cravalho was a rare individual who made a mark on both Maui and Hawaii history. A man of considerable intelligence and energy, he wielded tremendous power on state and county stages for 25 years. But in the days following his death on June 27 at the age of 90, the obituaries for Cravalho that appeared in The Maui News and Honolulu Star-Advertiser amounted to thin … [Read more...] about Using newly declassified documents, we examine the legacy of Elmer Cravalho, Maui County’s most important political leader.