Craig Howe’s introduction of “The Value of Hawai’i” describes how he and Jon Osorio, the co-editors, came up with the idea of this book on one of their regular morning jogs as a means to help frame the upcoming debates in Hawaii’s upcoming 2010 elections. The content and themes of this compendium of Hawai’i issues [...]

That Hawaii’s governor Linda Lingle (R) should so curiously veto HR444, and rest the decision of Civil Unions on the people in a referendum seems an obvious attempt at building a Republican base. It is absurd that civil rights should ever be put through a referendum– rights are to protect minorities, referendums are to give voice [...]