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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
There are political scandals and then there are political scandals. Some are dry and wonkish and need to be sexed up for public consumption through oversimplification and perhaps the addition of the nonsensical-but-perennially popular "gate" suffix. Other scandals need no embellishment. The exploits of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich fit firmly into the latter category. Not only did |
Rob ReportAn open letter to the County CouncilDear Maui County Councilmembers,
It's the time of year when children are writing holiday letters, sending their hopes and dreams to a mysterious, omnipotent man who they believe can grant their wishes. No, not Everett Dowling... I'm writing this letter for |
Maui CountySome banks are using the financial crisis to reap inflated credit card profits. Here's what you can do...Neither a borrower nor a lender be. If you've been reading the news lately, this other famous line from Hamlet probably rings true. The current financial crisis is putting a strain on one of America's favorite sources of easy funds: credit cards. Even before the crisis hit, some banks were |
Maui CountyYou waited...and waited. Instead of panicking, buy this stuffSociety heaps shame on the last minute gifter. The holiday sales and Christmas commercials begin before the Halloween decorations have been taken down. Everywhere you look are big glittering reminders that this is the season of giving, dammit, so get out there and give! As Black Friday recedes into |
If you believe in capitalism and the entrepreneurial spirit but aren't a ruthless bastard, check out kiva.org, a site dedicated to delivering "micro loans" to burgeoning businesspeople in the developing world. Kiva's aim is to |
COMIC RELIEF: The Christmas Nativity scenes in northeast Spain's Catalonia region have, for three centuries, featured not only Mary and the Three Wise Men but the ubiquitous "caganer" icon, always portrayed with pants down answering a call of nature (and often so obscured in the scene as to popularize Where's Waldo-type guessing by children). |
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“I’m from Seattle. It’s great there—it’s really cool and the sky is always gray…”
-Guy at Fred’s Mexican Cantina in Kihei, June 10 |
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“A shell crashed ashore. In the dun-colored houses along Kahului’s waterfront, stevedores and their women heard the gun again, like a door slamming, and again the crash of the shell. The Jap fired ten rounds in all. Then the submarine disappeared in the night. Announcing this attack on an undefended, unimportant cane-&-pineapple port, the U.S. Navy reported: no casualties, negligible damage.”
-From “Dusk in Kahului,” Time Magazine, Dec. 28, 1941 |
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