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Letters To The Editor Dear Sir, To all you prospective voters: everything you hear or read in speeches, ads and letters (including this one) is meant to convince you to vote in the way the speaker/writer wants you to.. Even talk of who voted for what bill is still just over-simplified talk since none of [...]

When you’re lucky, everything adds up to the ultimate number

By Paul Wood Two scoops Guri-Guri equals one dollar ten. One jar of Cheez-Whiz equals five pounds of supreme fortified daily blend rabbit pellets. One gallon of Glaceau Smartwater electrolyte-plus enhanced water equals two gallons of regular gasoline for your automobile. Having two kids and raising them to the age of seventeen equals a one-bedroom [...]

My Guru

By Phil Swatek The man I will call “Jim” is certainly not a friend. We are, rather, acquaintances with a long history whose lives have been curiously interwoven. Our relationship seems to require a vivid conversation every couple of years. I have always admired his intelligence and was frankly envious when he decided to become [...]

Our Maui

By Laurel Murphy It was Friday, September 17, and I had just arrived from Baltimore at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. I had an Earl Grey tea from Starbucks, a spot in the sunshine, and someone had left a copy of the day’s USA Today on the corner table. Happy me. It wasn’t long before [...]

Moon Glow

Hang Up and Live By Ginger Johnson How are you doing on your phone these days? Things sure aren’t like they used to be. In some ways its great to be reachable everywhere but so many lines have been crossed that its hard to know if someone is speaking to me at all these days. [...]

It Takes a Pillage Building a Community

By Sam Epstein Its October in Maui. Blank eyed zombies, pumpkin heads and threatening trolls with ghoulish faces line our streets, demanding our attention and proffering free candy. Mid-term elections are coming early this year. Things have been rough all around for Maui and its residents. Our island’s desert dry economically as well as literally. [...]

Elections come and go, so, now what?

By Ken Pinsky There is a famous saying by former Congressman Tip O’Neill, “All politics is local.” This has taken on new meaning for me in the wake of the political breakdown we are now living through. Whatever are we going to do about our political condition? The “American Experiment” may have about run its [...]

Good idea: One light bulb at a time

Editor’s Note: This piece is circulating in the emails. We agree, so here it is. A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn’t slow a train, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good [...]