Articles tagged with: governor lingle
The False Victims of Civil Unions
Rights are not a zero-sum game; when one group gains, another doesn’t necessarily lose. This seemingly obvious truism has been largely ignored in the discussion of civil union bill HB444. Take, for example, a June 21 Honolulu Star-Advertiser …
So Close Yet So Far: Veto-proof Civil Unions bill?
The majority of our State Senate is in favor of passing a civil-unions bill, but there are a few roadblocks being thrown up right now in our government. First of all, the democratic senators who are advocating the bill want to pass it through without risking the possibility of a veto. Currently, the bill has written that it would take effect on January 1st,
Pirates of the Caribbean: Lost in Hawaii
Johnny Depp is pushing 50 (at what age exactly do pirates retire?) and the fourth sequel of the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, is soon to be filmed on Kauai and Oahu. Somewhere …
