• Reader letter: Motorists need to stop speeding

    I strongly believe that everybody should stop speeding. You can be badly injured or die. You can get arrested or fined. Your insurance premiums could go higher. Lastly, it can become a bad habit. Speeding is a major factor in traffic deaths. I know someone who almost died because someone was speeding and ran a […]

  • Letter: Lawmakers need to protect isle families

    Leadership is hard. Few politicians measure up to this crucial skill set. It requires courage and hard choices to stand up against politically connected special interest money or those with woke thinking. Our elected leaders need to focus on our ohana.

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    Opinion: Biden needs to get real with Ukraine and Israel

    CNN Opinion by Mark Hannah (CNN) — The $95 billion military aid package President Joe Biden signed Wednesday was a feat of tough-minded negotiation to get funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of congressional horse-trading. But if the aid inflates those countries’ war aims, it could discourage the kind of tough-minded negotiation that is the only

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    Opinion: Biden needs to get real with Ukraine and Israel

    Opinion by Mark Hannah (CNN) — The $95 billion military aid package President Joe Biden signed Wednesday was a feat of tough-minded negotiation to get funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of congressional horse-trading. But if the aid inflates those countries’ war aims, it could discourage the kind of tough-minded negotiation that is the only way

  • Letter: Transparency needed to fix glass recycling issue

    I have been totally unsuccessful in finding a recycling facility that will take bottle and jar glass not covered by Hawaii’s Glass Advance Disposal Fee Program (ADF) and Deposit Beverage Container Program (HI-5). Why is that? One recycler took the time to explain the reason and it is both understandable and unacceptable.

  • Reader letter: When it comes to 'criminals' we need to show mercy

    In a recent Windsor Star news story, reporter Trevor Wilhelm, covering the opening of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Chad Romanick, quoted the widow speaking of the “gentle, patient, thoughtful” man who developed a drug addiction and was depressed and suicidal. Romanick was accused of attempted murder and killed himself when police showed […]

  • Letter: City needs to get grip on Turo rental cars

    In response to Tuesday’s letter regarding Turo autos using city streets for business (“Turo rental cars begin to roil isle communities,” Star-Advertiser, April 23), I live in an apartment complex that fronts Bougainville Drive. We usually will have three to four vans parked on the street, which are used for rentals.

  • Letter from London: Letters from Everywhere

    Despite writing this letter each week, I still wonder why so few of us write real ones anymore. I was thinking of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, who corresponded frequently but met only once: ‘The present racial crisis in this country carries within it powerful destructive ingredients that may soon erupt into an uncontrollable explosion,’ More

  • LAURA INGRAHAM: Americans deserve a real campaign, a real agenda for prosperity and a real border

    Fox News host Laura Ingraham shows how former President Trump can put President Biden's record "on trial" as the NY vs. Trump case takes center stage on "The Ingraham Angle." LAURA INGRAHAM: An impartial observer knows that the New York media is doing everything it can to influence the jury. On the eve of the trial, the illustrious "New York Slimes" published a piece titled "Will a mountain of evidence be enough to convict Trump?" In the official record, the case is known as the People of the...

  • Who is the real Martha from 'Baby Reindeer'? Jessica Gunning says she didn't need to know

    British actor Jessica Gunning said she usually has a "what will be, will be" attitude toward auditions. That, however, was not the case when she was trying out to play Martha in Netflix's surprise hit series "Baby Reindeer." "I really kind of fought for it," she said in a video interview this week. "I really thought, if this gets into the wrong hands and it ever gets played by an actress who sees her as scary, or plays a kind of crazy version of a stalker, I think you'd absolutely ruin what is...

  • Letters: People need to make tough choices to address climate change

    'Instituting change is difficult and changing behaviour even more so,' writes Terry Neefs.

  • Letters to the Editor: My home insurance policy isn't being renewed. Desperate Californians need help

    To the editor: I purchased my home in the San Gabriel Mountains community of Wrightwood in 2017. Since then, I've been insured through AAA. ("Amid homeowner insurance crisis, consumer advocates and industry clash at hearing," April 24) Last week, I received notice of non-renewal because of wildfire risk. I've paid my policies in full each year and never had a claim. It was suggested that I try the FAIR plan, California's insurer of last resort. I contacted the California Department of Insurance,...