Thanks to KITV’s Denby Fawcett for coming up with this very strange story last night. It seems that while L.G. Duke Aiona has promoted the public health benefits of flu shots in official appearances, he has not had any flu shots and says, amazingly, “I am not convinced that vaccines are more beneficial that harmful.” [...]
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Please forgive me for being a little bit distracted this week due to my dad’s deteriorating condition. But, at the same time, there are a lot of things to take note of. An editorial in yesterday’s Star-Advertiser rightly called for disclosure of the settlement of litigation against drug companies over excess Medicaid payments. However, Hawaii [...]
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No, that’s not a description of what’s ailing the economy. “Failure to thrive” is my father’s latest official diagnosis, sort of a catch-all when no single medical issue–and he has a bunch–immediately jumps out as the cause of his current decline. He’s dealing with recurring pneumonia, has lost weight, and has started declining meals, eating [...]
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Congratulations to veteran island blogger, Ryan Ozawa, for his work on behalf of alma mater Kukui High School. Lots of well-deserved media attention going to the school’s innovative online presence. I guess Lost was just a warm-up for Ryan! Rob Shikina’s story in yesterday’s Star-Advertiser gets credit for highlighting the series of fatal accidents in [...]
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The telephone rang at home Saturday morning. It was my sister, Bonnie. “Something’s happening.” When Bonnie’s phone call came, I was still on my last cup of morning coffee. I had posted more scans of my dad’s old pictures earlier in the morning, including some of him in Aloha Week events that took place 60 [...]
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“The Moon over Haleakala” and “The Fund for Investigative Research-Maui” are new projects in advocacy journalism from the original publishers of Haleakala Times. Publisher Ken Pinsky says they’ve put out three issues of the newspaper so far, with a fourth issue ready to go in October. The newspaper and its web site are supported–hopefully–by the [...]
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The HGEA approved their General Election endorsements over the weekend. The union stayed safely with Democrats in their legislative endorsements. Click here to see the full list. It’s interesting to look at the races where they did not make an endorsement. These include: No endorsement in State Senate District 14, where Senator Donna Mercado is [...]
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The Republican’s new “pledge” is getting beat up. The Daily Show did some excellent historical research, which shows up in the middle of this riff with nearly identical sound bites from GOP leaders 1994 and last week. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Postcards From the Pledge www.thedailyshow.com Daily [...]
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