Posted in Politics-Goverment on Jun 8th, 2009
Last week, I read something on Howard Dicus’ blog that really bothered me. So much, in fact, that I’m still thinking about it almost a week later. Howard is an entertaining journalist whom I respect and admire. I often learn a lot from his on-air reports on KGMB9 (some even via Skype!) [...]
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IN MEMORIAM
Pio, Cardinal Laghi, first Papal Nuncio to the United States, the Vatican equivalent of an ambassador (January 11, found out January 12)
Mike Sakamoto, former Fishing Tales host, angler, and artist (January 13). Even David Shapiro had fond memories of him. A memorial service will be held on Jan. 25 in Hilo.
Ricardo Montalban, actor, [...]
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Posted in Hawaii on Nov 3rd, 2008
Last week, Howard Dicus suggested a simple way we can help our local economy:
Is there anything you can do?
There is one really key thing. Look for opportunities to spend money locally. Because our economy is so small, depriving mainland companies of your money will barely be felt by them, but redirecting spending to local firms [...]
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