Despite some of the earlier problems, specifically those orbiting around my organizational and PR skills, everyone arrived on time and the room was prepared very nicely by the Manoa Grand Ballroom. Allicyn Tasaka, from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH), a co-sponsor of the event, was of invaluable help in that she really picked [...]

Novelist Junot Diaz interviewed on NPR on Thanksgiving, a topic that was on theme of our panel discussion: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97568937 On Tuesday, November 25th, we held our first panel discussion, “Views from the Shore: Impact of Immigration on Hawai’i Past Present and Future.” Traditionally, the Thanksgiving holiday is an event in which Americans commemorate the way [...]

Click on photo to be redirected to the new 100% cotton material fetishism …. in other words, buy a shirt . *** Francis Wheen’s 2005 article seems particularly salient at the moment. How many fathers and sons and mothers and daughters have sat across the dinner table over the last week *discussing* the option of [...]

Nearly a week has passed since the election, and already it has become difficult to imagine the outcome being anything but Obama. It seems that the world has already embraced our future and we’ve accepted the new wind that has blown through Hawaii, our nation, the world. But really what direction is the wind blowing? [...]

How is it that Ken Conklin can suggest that I oppose statehood? I’ve just been notified of the following thread from his website: A website which opposes the Statehood of Hawaii has apparently gotten some quasi-governmental support: “Statehood Hawai’i is proud to partner with the Hawai’i Council for the Humanities.” http://statehoodhawaii.org/ The stridency of opposition [...]