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Letter for Monday, August 12, 2019

Here’s hoping fakecation industry takes off Wonderful news! Midweek Kauai recently quoted a UPI release about a business called Fake a Vacation. For a mere…

The Second Amendment no longer reasonable

Throughout history, change has taken place. It is inevitable; absolutely nothing ever stays the same, from the tiniest microscopic atom to the universe. Look into…

Letters for Saturday, August 10, 2019

Most people want the ‘center’ I wonder why Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and others are framed as “far left,” “fringe,” “radical,” or “socialist” in talking…

Tourism industry expansion calls for balance

I have been traveling to Kauai since 2000 and have enjoyed the laid-back, peaceful surroundings of the whole island. I come to see the real…

Letter for Friday, August 9, 2019

Cases should not be delayed so often I just read the article entitled: “Long-delayed cases dismissed” in the Aug. 4, 2019 online TGI. In the…

The Temple of Science

Worshipers at the Temple of Science claim it is anti-constitutional for native people to believe that Mauna Kea is desecrated by building an eighteen-story telescope…

Letter for Thursday, August 8, 2019

Recycling beach trash received strong support Thank you for the recent article on the new pavilion at Island School made from recycled beach trash. The…

The mother’s milk of politics

Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly from 1961 to 1968, is credited with coining the phrase, “Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” ……

Confessing to a love of trees

This column, my focus shifts to breathe in the healing green of trees rather than concentrate on the contention of a minority of Hawaiian people…