Tell me a bedtime story about how Gov. David Ige saved Hawaii.
Aloha PHwSF reader: From time to time, readers of this blog will send me compelling views on things, While I, Stan Fichtman, am the primary writer and poster on this site, I am also about expressing other viewpoints that are thought out and provide a perspective that I feel would be valuable to you as the reader. Such is this piece, Writer chooses to remain anonymous. PHwSF respects that wish ...
Honolulu’s Signature?
Could Honolulu have a “signature” image of itself coming out of the COVID saga? Depending on how you see this image of the proposed pedestrian bridge over the Ala Wai Canal, connecting Mō‘ili‘ili to Waikīkī, it could very well be. The Ala Wai Bridge, proposed image. PC: Friends of Scott Nishimoto - February 2021 newsletter A signature piece, like I am describing here, is not a new concept. Many cities ...
A provocateur, or an opportunist
Rush H. Limbaugh – 1951-2021 MY FIRST INTERACTION with Mr. Limbaugh came a few weeks after my family and I came home to Hawai‘i from living in Asia for three years. Just weeks after arrival, I started my college career at a community college about 20 miles away from our newly rented home in Wai‘alae Gardens. In tuning the radio for what was on, I came upon a talk radio ...
The clock is ticking, and more people are getting ill
Since the start of the COVID-19 saga back about a year ago, one of the first things this writer identified was the fact that our society was about to take a massive hit on its mental health. In an article written in March of 2020, this writer started highlighting the issue of mental health during the initial shutdown, noting [T]he fact that this situation is as much a mental issue ...
He’s wrong to call for a “Reality Tsar”, but right on what needs to be done
A New York Times technology columnist has suggested the Biden Administration name a “Reality Tsar”, to confront “disinformation” in the news, and in ways, extreme political thought. The idea is that this person would be appointed to lead a multi-agency task force, as a response, to a “reality crisis” in this country. On its face, and how it's being reported by center-to-right publications, it’s an idea that any one person ...
Tell me a bedtime story about how Gov. David Ige saved Hawaii.
Aloha PHwSF reader: From time to time, readers of this blog will send me compelling views on things, While I, Stan Fichtman, am the primary writer and poster on this site, I am also about expressing other viewpoints that are thought out and provide a perspective that I feel would be valuable to you as the reader. Such is this piece, Writer chooses to remain anonymous. PHwSF respects that wish ...
Honolulu’s Signature?
Could Honolulu have a “signature” image of itself coming out of the COVID saga? Depending on how you see this image of the proposed pedestrian bridge over the Ala Wai Canal, connecting Mō‘ili‘ili to Waikīkī, it could very well be. The Ala Wai Bridge, proposed image. PC: Friends of Scott Nishimoto - February 2021 newsletter A signature piece, like I am describing here, is not a new concept. Many cities ...
A provocateur, or an opportunist
Rush H. Limbaugh – 1951-2021 MY FIRST INTERACTION with Mr. Limbaugh came a few weeks after my family and I came home to Hawai‘i from living in Asia for three years. Just weeks after arrival, I started my college career at a community college about 20 miles away from our newly rented home in Wai‘alae Gardens. In tuning the radio for what was on, I came upon a talk radio ...
The clock is ticking, and more people are getting ill
Since the start of the COVID-19 saga back about a year ago, one of the first things this writer identified was the fact that our society was about to take a massive hit on its mental health. In an article written in March of 2020, this writer started highlighting the issue of mental health during the initial shutdown, noting [T]he fact that this situation is as much a mental issue ...
He’s wrong to call for a “Reality Tsar”, but right on what needs to be done
A New York Times technology columnist has suggested the Biden Administration name a “Reality Tsar”, to confront “disinformation” in the news, and in ways, extreme political thought. The idea is that this person would be appointed to lead a multi-agency task force, as a response, to a “reality crisis” in this country. On its face, and how it's being reported by center-to-right publications, it’s an idea that any one person ...