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Upfront NewsA locally published book about a young widow's inspiring work in Haiti offers hope amidst the rubbleWhen things are at their worst, it is St. Jude you pray to, hoping that together with Jesus, he will make the impossible possible," writes Margaret Trost in Part I of her book On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti. "The smiles on the faces of the children in anticipation of the |
Coconut Wireless"[W]e already legalized medical marijuana, so we should allow the counties to [regulate] the dispensaries," Senator Kalani English told The Maui News this week. He was talking about a bill he plans to introduce during the upcoming legislative session that would lay the foundation for Hawaii's voter-approved medical pot law to actually, you know, work. English is also planning to |
Upfront News 2 The history-steeped site of a once-opulent Chinese society house is for sale--any takers?Rusted hinge pins still protrude from the inside of the columns, upon which once hung a low, picket-style gate. But the crimson pigments that at one time adorned the characters have long-since faded, and barely discernable are the outlines of the text from the panel's opposite side, visible "as you leave the society grounds," formerly proclaiming "everyone is |
By the Numbers$85 million - "Direct and indirect spending" expected to be generated in Hawaii by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which will be filmed on Oahu and |
Upfront News 3Retired Col. Ann Wright says the terrorists don't hate us for our freedom, the Bush Administration should be charged with war crimes and Obama is repeating the mistakes of the pastOn March 19, 2003, Colonel Ann Wright quit her job. After decades in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves and sixteen years as a State Department ambassador—during which time she served in Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Somalia and won an Award for Heroism—Wright reached her breaking point on the eve of the Iraq invasion. Since then, she's |
Spin Cycle"Just imagine the impact Christians could have on the direction of our government, the character of its leadership and the moral health of our nation if we all simply applied biblical principles to every aspect of our lives…" |
News of the Weird...The phones, which will also feature "welcome to the U.S." poetry, are expected to save the lives of many of the hundreds who die each year on their dangerous journeys, but illegal-immigration protesters are demanding that the academics be arrested for |
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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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