Listening to wisdom vs. how you act on it
Now that the United States House of Representatives Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party has had its first meeting on February 28th, this blogger decided to go in and see what's up with the committee. Senator Josh HawleyPC: "Josh Hawley Primary Night" by Natureofthought is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. What prompted this inquiry was a letter sent by Senator Josh Hawley on March 10, ...
A bad idea
While looking over the news flow this last week, an article popped up that just seemed too bizarre to be true. It said that a Florida State Senator by the name of Jason Brodeur introduced a bill that would require all bloggers who write about elected officials to register with the government. Florida Senate Bill 1316 added a new section to its law regarding public notice publication, with rules and ...
Modern, political communication
In the category of “turn down the political volume and maybe you’ll hear something interesting,” this blogger has found it thought-provoking to see how our current spate of leaders in Hawai‘i and Honolulu are revamping their public messaging. Let us start with a recent development coming out of Honolulu Hale’s third floor – Mayor Blangiardi’s office. It would seem that during the COVID lockdowns and the need to use Zoom, ...
One scrimmage, 2 rounds
As the Hawaii Legislature enters into its second month of activity, at least one round of the tussle between the Executive and the Legislative has occurred. But instead of it being over a debate on ideas, it became personal. And when it becomes personal, there is, in the end, a true winner and loser. As to how the scorecard looks, let us lay out what happened. Contestant one is Governor ...
Well, that didn’t take long
The first post this blogger saw was in the afternoon on Tuesday, January 24. The second one wasn’t too far after, maybe mid-afternoon. So for this piece, let’s peg the “honeymoon” period that Governor Green had from his State of the State address, held on Monday the 23rd, at about 27 hours. And then one minute after 27 hours, the honeymoon was over. The first piece this blogger saw was ...
