A Government Rises From Exile –
The Hawaiian Nation reclaims its place in the world
November 21, 2001
The nation of Hawaii has never ceased to exist - it was only the government that was taken over and driven into exile. A nation is essentially the physical area of the land as defined by its borders, and the citizens who reside within those borders. It’s not the government - governments come and go, are overthrown and can be restored. The nation remains, existing above and beyond the government unless it surrenders its sovereignty to another nation. That never happened in Hawai’i...
Fear Defeats Freedom
March 2, 2005 editorial
That’s not to say that I think I’m off the radar screens of the Thought Police, but I always figured I was a pretty small blip on those screens. I’ve operated under the assumption that my phone is probably tapped for a long time now, and I’m used to that, but facing travel restrictions is something new to me...
Bypassing Pa‘ia – Who owns the best right-of-way?
April 13, 2005 article
Long before there was a Hana Highway, those three roads existed much as they do today. Linked together with Kala Road – as they still are – they mark the historic roadway used by residents of the North Shore region for over one hundred years. They also offer a sensible route for the long-anticipated Pa‘ia bypass road today. An 1893 map of the Spreckelsville plantation shows a fairly straight, inland route marked as “Makawao Road” running from Maliko Gulch, passing through Hamakuapoko and above Pa‘ia Town, then down to where Kahului Airport stands today. A more detailed 1896 map prepared by Hugh Howell shows that same roadway...
“The tragic results of war...”
January 19, 2005 editorial
So we sent our soldiers off to die, in blind support of our 'leaders' and to ease our own nameless fears. We carry that guilt together as a sovereign people...
They Knew... They lied about it then and they’re lying about it still
September 15, 2004 editorial
But the truth is not in George W. Bush, or in his cronies and henchmen...
Patients Without Time – Cannabis advocacy group empowers patients to manage their own medication
February 2, 2005 article
From a small office in the Pa‘ia Plaza, a group of folks who represent both the future and the past are working to bring relief to people whose lives have been altered by pain and disease. They help patients and doctors re-learn an ancient herbal medicine with a 4,000 year history, and they’re changing attitudes about pharmacology in the Western world along the way...
Free speech and free access are quickly becoming less free
March 16, 2005 editorial
No form of communication is perfect, but modern society has created a deeply flawed method of delivering information to the public..
Spending The People’s Money
February 16, 2005 editorial
...just the tip of a massive, ugly iceberg of spending priorities that Vice-President Cheney calls “fair and reasonable”. It provides a clear picture of the Crusade this Bush administration wants to lead, here in the New World Order...
A hui hou
April 13, 2005 editorial farewell to Maui
...I decided to print stories that were not being told anywhere else, to find strong social and political commentary from all over the world that was still fit to print in a newspaper that is mailed to people’s homes. Editorially, I criticized the current administration policies as often as possible – but I would have done that, anyway, because they deserve it...
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