Addiction inherited a vocabulary that treats every person in it as permanently incomplete — relapsing, remitting, never quite arriving.

What a late congratulations card, a voyaging canoe and one 30-minute phone call taught me about Hawaiʻi’s future.

The real question is not whether discretion exists, but who exercises it, under what standards and with what consequences.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs exists to carry forward a collective trust and responsibility to the lāhui.

The public’s confidence and trust depend on the commission’s actions and must be beyond reproach for it to be attained.

From action on the field to fans in the stands to commercials on TV, this global event has been far more unifying than America250.

More fundamental structural change of the country’s political system is needed to achieve broad-based prosperity over the long term.

A truly destructive cyclone could threaten countless lives and disable Honolulu Harbor. Let’s prepare now.

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.