The alternative newspaper Honolulu Weekly, which has published for the last 23 years, closed this week. The closure robs readers on Oahu and the rest of the state of a voice and that differed sharply from other local publications. “I am sorry to say that this will be the last issue of the Weekly that we will print,” stated a note from owner/publisher Laurie V. Carlson in the … [Read more...] about Alt Newspaper Honolulu Weekly Folds After 23 Years
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The Year 2012 In Maui County Traffic Fatalities
What a year it’s been–if you’ve been watching traffic fatalities in Maui County. They’re up, you know. Twenty-three, as of press time. Last year there were 20 such deaths in the county. In 2010, there were just 11. No one seems to know why the roads seem to be getting a bit more dangerous each year. But they are. Here’s a look back at those who died in the County of Maui … [Read more...] about The Year 2012 In Maui County Traffic Fatalities
Filmmaker Brian Kohne Talks About The Hard Work That Went Into The Get A Job Movie
In honor of Labor Day, which goes down Monday, Sept. 3, I’d like to start off with a bit of heresy: the 1999 movie Office Space, directed by Mike Judge and starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston and Gary Cole, which has since passed into our pop culture world as a kind of classic touchstone that sums up all of our pent-up insecurities and hates about the state of labor in … [Read more...] about Filmmaker Brian Kohne Talks About The Hard Work That Went Into The Get A Job Movie