The Hawaiian Islands are well known all over the world as favorite vacation destinations and for the North Shore’s amazing surf competitions. Dozens of movies and television shows have given viewers a depiction of one part of Hawaiian life or another, but perhaps the most profoundly known piece of Hawaii is Pearl Harbor and what […]
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It is Election Day 2016. I predicted, back in March, that Hillary will win in a landslide. I have seen nothing since then to change my opinion. Whether I think it’s a good idea or not, it is what I think will happen. Trump followers, spurred on by Donald’s intemperate remarks, have been making an
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“Trick or treat!” David yelled as the door opened. He held out his plastic jack-o-lantern and the lady who answered the door put a small paper bag in it. “Thank you,” he said and turned around. I was a little suspicious that he got a paper bag instead of so-called fun size candy. I became
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I was pushing my cart down the cereal aisle when I became aware of a specific drum pattern playing overhead on the Wal-Mart radio network. I had to stop and listen carefully but sure enough it was the military beat intro to Jefferson Airplane’s song, “White Rabbit.” I shook my head in disbelief. A company
I’m not sure how many “get into the kitchen and make me a sandwich!” stories I’ve seen passed around the Internet, but the fact that any such stories exist at all is slightly worrying. Who taught boys to treat women like that? Where in school is it said that objectifying others is even close to
In 1867, a gentleman by the name of Henri Nestlé, a German immigrant working as a pharmacist in Switzerland, had a neighbor with pneumonia that rendered her unable to breastfeed her child. He calculated levels of cows milk, sugar, and wheat flour and tried the baby on it until, finally, the baby took it and
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