by Barry Howard | Apr 20, 2022 | Opinion
Lava once flowed across the land on which the Hualalai Golf Course now sits. Years before the resort was constructed, this part of Hawaii’s Big Island looked much different. Yet, once the lava altered the landscape, there was no going back. Looking at the plush...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 19, 2022 | Opinion
The hotel breakfast was plentiful — devoured mainly by older, white retirees with the time and money to explore America’s majestic landscape. And who would want to start such a good day without a hearty helpin’ of comfort food? Passing near the kitchen I overheard a...
by James Gordon | Apr 19, 2022 | Opinion
Flourish is a rich and reassuring word. From the Latin stem florere, it relates to flowers. To flourish is to “develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment.” Who wouldn’t want to flourish,...
by Dale K. Edmondson | Apr 19, 2022 | Opinion
It was 83 years ago this Easter, April 19, that Marian Anderson gave her memorable concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Wearing her fur coat on a cool, damp and drizzly afternoon, she began to sing: “My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee, I sing.” Six...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 18, 2022 | Opinion
The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as the 116th associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The vote was 53-47, with three Republicans joining all the Democrats to seal her place in history as the first African American woman to hold the position...
by Kendall Ellis | Apr 18, 2022 | Opinion
April marks the unofficial beginning of summer in the Southwest of the U.S. As I’ve started wearing summer clothing again, there’s a part of me that has resurfaced that I almost forgot about in the winter months, even though it has been with me every day for five...
