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Upfront NewsThe militarization of Hawaii and its effect on our economy and collective psyche is often overlooked. Activist Kyle Kajihiro wants to change thatJuly 29, 2010 | 09:33 AMOn Friday, August 6, beginning at 6pm, Maui Peace Action will hold a Hiroshima Remembrance Day at UH Maui College, commemorating the 65-year anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on the Japanese city. The keynote speaker will be Kyle Kajihiro, director of the anti-war American Friends Service Committee Hawaii. Ahead of his Maui appearance, we asked Kyle to discuss the legacy of Hiroshima, the militarization of Hawaii and the current state of war and peace. |
Coconut WirelessMaui Campaigns Kick Off and Heat Up and Water Issues Are Brought to a BoilJuly 29, 2010 | 10:24 AMby Jacob ShaferWith the filing deadline in the rearview, the nature of state and county races has taken shape. Eleven candidates are vying to be the next Mayor of Maui County: incumbent Charmaine Tavares will be challenged by former Mayor Alan Arakawa, Sally Chow Hammond, Chris Hart, Marc Hodges, Sol Kaho'ohalahala, Ori Kopelman, Peter Milbourn, Harold Miller, Jonathon Olson and Randy Piltz. It didn't take long before the first grenade was lobbed between... |
Spin CycleJuly 29, 2010 | 11:03 AMby Jacob ShaferLord of the Tweets... The three major candidates vying to be the state's next governor all use Twitter. Of course, not all Twitter users are created equal. Here's how they stack up (as of this writing)... |
News of the WeirdJuly 29, 2010 | 11:52 AMby Chuck ShepherdGIVES 'GREEN CARD' A WHOLE NEW MEANING - Among the promotions offered by New York City's upscale Marmara Manhattan hotel is a "birth tourism" package exploiting the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. For about $35,000, a foreign expectant mother with a visa can spend her... |
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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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