[NOTE: A few hours after this story went live we finally received comment from Rep. Gabbard's campaign. The story has been updated to include it.] Back in the summer of 2012, while preparing our political endorsements for that year’s Hawaii Primary Election, we couldn’t figure out what to do in the 2nd District Congressional race. It’s a big district that encompasses all of … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Here’s why the Hawaii LGBT Caucus doesn’t support Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s reelection campaign
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Sign Language: Sagittarians can go ahead and mix the chocolate and the peanut butter
Cancer (June 21-July 22) This week’s theme: Cancer control issues. Unfortunately for your clutching instinct, the big juicy fish you’re embracing at the moment needs to be held loosely. Squeeze it too tightly and it’ll just freak out and wriggle free, back into the vast ocean, where you’ll never find, let alone recapture, it again. The only way to keep this baby close is to … [Read more...] about Sign Language: Sagittarians can go ahead and mix the chocolate and the peanut butter
UPDATED: U.S. Supreme Court rules that Constitution protects same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is legal everywhere in the U.S., now and forever. That's according to the U.S. Supreme Court, which handed down its historic 5-4 ruling this morning in the case Obergefell v. Hodges. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, D–Hawaii, was pleased, to say the least, in this statement emailed out by his press office early this morning: “Today’s Supreme Court decision is a … [Read more...] about UPDATED: U.S. Supreme Court rules that Constitution protects same-sex marriage
Maui Rep. Mele Carroll Resigning From State House Because Of Health
State Representative Mele Carroll, a Democrat whose district includes Haiku, Paia, Hana, Kahoolawe, Molokai and Lanai, is resigning from the state House of Representatives because of her health. A Jan. 20 news release from the state House of Representatives communications office offered a few details: "After consulting with doctors, contemplating her situation, and confirming … [Read more...] about Maui Rep. Mele Carroll Resigning From State House Because Of Health
On Keoua Kuahu’ula, Neil Abercrombie And The Art Of Going Out With Honor
So this weekend I got a chance to spend a few days relaxing over on the Big Island. And me being the history nerd that I am, I insisted on visiting the imposing and extremely well preserved Pu‘ukohola Heiau, site of perhaps the second most important death in Hawaii in the last couple of centuries (the most important being the killing of Captain James Cook at Kealakekua Bay a … [Read more...] about On Keoua Kuahu’ula, Neil Abercrombie And The Art Of Going Out With Honor