Blogosphere

Mon - June 9, 2008

Hawaii Progressive Blog

Check out the new Hawaii Progressive Blog ... "Our aim is to build an on-line community around the historical, philosophical, and spiritual foundations of liberalism and liberal democracy. A forum and publication that discusses and advocates for the common good and common people of the Aloha State."

Update: FYI, politically, I call myself a progressive, it is the closest label that seems to apply. And yes, we're not really a state, but I think it is a progressive perspective to recognize the true history of Hawaii, I think Hawaii's history was in some ways very progressive (not the occupation part), and I'd like to see progressive values put to action in Hawaii, whether as a state/occupation or a country.

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Sat - November 3, 2007

PBS Hawaii Kama'ilio Discussion Forum

Ryan O. notes the launch of the PBS Hawaii Kama'ilio Discussion Forum.

Posted at 08:58 AM Permalink

Wed - October 24, 2007

Ikaika Hussey's new blog

Ikaika Hussey has a new blog, "writings & leftings" at ikaikahussey.wordpress.com - check it out.

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Mon - August 27, 2007

Environmental column ends, blog begins

Advertiser environmental columnist Jan TenBruggencate ends his regular column in the paper, and notes progress that has been made in environmental issues since he started it in the 1980s, but says, "you'll be able to find reports on science and environment in Hawai'i at my new blog, www.raisingislands.com."

Posted at 08:11 AM Permalink

Sun - August 5, 2007

New blog: Lance Foster, Haoles for Hawaiians

New blog haolesforhawaiians.blogspot.com by Lance Foster who worked for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as the Director of Native Rights, Land and Culture, 2003-2006. In his first post he shares his personal background (another Rocky Mountain haole married to a Hawaiian) and reason for starting the blog, and in his second post he looks at the fact that "Hawaiian" is not a race, a subject I've touched on here before. He has comments open.

Posted at 08:46 AM Permalink

Sun - October 29, 2006

Hawaii Political Blogs + using newsreaders

Ryan Ozawa has a good list of blogs related to Hawaii politics and issues, plus suggestions on how to use newsreaders to keep up with it all

Posted at 11:03 AM Permalink

Thu - October 19, 2006

New Hawaii Blogs

There are several relatively new Hawaii blogs that folks might be interested in:

• Larry Geller's Disappeared News
• Advertiser editor Jerry Burris' Akamai Politics
• Advertiser columnist David Shapiro's Volcanic Ash
• Hawaii Political Watch
• Hawaii Election Watch
• Doug Carlson's Citizens Helping Officials Respond to Emergencies (CHORE)

Posted at 12:24 PM Permalink

Fri - October 13, 2006

Hawaii Blogging on NPR Town Square

Folks interesting in blogging might want to listen to this Town Square show (MP3) with Beth-Ann Kozlovich and bloggers Ian Lind, Larry Geller, Jerry Burris, and David Shapiro. All blogs worth reading for Hawaii politics and issues, and some interesting topics discussed in the show.

Posted at 11:16 AM Permalink

Fri - April 7, 2006

Netroots, Grassroots, & the Rise of People-Powered Politics

Outside of Hawaii's issues that I focus on here, I also follow U.S. politics through several of my favorite progressive blogs, the one the I visit the most regularly being DailyKos. DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas Zúniga and Jerome Armstrong, who blogs at MyDD, have authored a new book entitled Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics about taking back and winning with the Democratic Party from the bottom up and using the Internet. I haven't read the book yet, but it seems to be getting great reviews (and Markos was quite good last night on The Colbert Report). Anyway, Bill McKibben has written a review in The New York Review of Books that is well worth reading, to get some insight into the role and influence of blogging in U.S. politics and media.

Posted at 11:43 PM Permalink

Tue - March 21, 2006

State of Play in the Pacific: Paul Arrighi's blog

Please visit Paul Arraghi's new blog "State of Play in the Pacific." As those who read the comments here know, Paul is a frequent and thoughtful contributor. His latest post on his blog looks at the question of whether and how Hawaiian language was suppressed. Check him out, bookmark him and link to him if you can.

Posted at 08:20 AM Permalink

Sun - October 2, 2005

Doug is back at Poinography

Doug is back from the North Pole (literally) over at Poinography.com and is blogging again. Good source for Hawaii political commentary that is more broad in topic than what I cover here.

Welcome home, Doug!

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Sat - June 26, 2004

F911 opens in Hawaii

The Star-Bulletin reports on the opening of 'Fahrenheit 9/11' in Hawaii. The Maui News has an article as well.

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Tue - June 22, 2004

Bloggers to report at political convention

The Advertiser picked up an AP story about bloggers reporting at this summer's poltical convention(s)...

A handful of scribes publishing in a newer medium will join the thousands of newspaper, magazine and broadcast journalists at this summer's political conventions.

They'll be blogging.

The Democrats are holding true to their "party of inclusion" billing vis-a-vis the online chroniclers, whose Web logs have leapt in popularity this year as political junkies increasingly get their fix with mouse clicks.

Democrats say they'll offer media credentials to a handful of bloggers. The Republicans say they've yet to decide what to do about them — credentialing deadlines passed with no announcement on whether bloggers could even apply.

GOP spokesman Leonardo Alcivar said details are being worked out, but some analysts believe the party is wary of bloggers, who tend to be less predictable than mainstream journalists.

Also, in his Advertiser "Byte Marks" column, Burt Lum talks about new technologies available to support blogging, with features to make it easier than ever.

Posted at 07:02 AM Permalink

Mon - June 21, 2004

Liberal talk hits Isle radio

Another Advertiser piece on Air American Radio in Hawaii.

Also, from an email...

It's not talk radio, but people may want to know that Democracy Now! is currently on three times a day on `Oahu plus once on Kauai, Monday thru Friday.

6 am on Ch 52, 8am on Ch 53, 10pm on Ch 56 (`Olelo) (but note that the 6 am broadcast can be pre-empted)
6 am and 10 pm are the current day's broadcast, 8 am is the previous program.

KCR, 90.9, 91.9 FM 11am on Kauai.

Posted at 06:26 AM Permalink

Sat - June 19, 2004

Update on Fahrenheit 9/11 in Hawaii Theaters

According to f911tix.com, Fahrenheit 9/11 will be opening next Friday 6/25 at the following theaters:

ConAm Victoria Ward 16 in Honolulu
Signature Dole Cannery 18 in Honolulu
ConAm Kaahumanu 6 in Kahului, Maui
ConAm Aikahi Twins in Kailua, Oahu

Please call Consolidated Theatre's Honolulu corporate office at 808-594-7034 x3 and thank them for showing it, and encourage them not to buckle to the forces of censorship. (Brutally ironic, isn't it, that a movie named after Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451, which is about censorship, is being censored?)

Posted at 01:42 PM Permalink

Thu - June 17, 2004

FAHRENHEIT 911 in Hawaii Theatres

Here is the official word from Signature Theatres via an email:

FAHRENHEIT 911 will open at 500+ screens on June 25th in the larger US markets. The distributors plan to add additional screens mid-July, then more later. At this time our Dole Cannery and Pearl Highlands locations are scheduled to open it on the 25th. Windward will probably be later in the summer.

Regards,

Clyde Cornell
Sr. VP - Operations
Signature Theatres Management Company

Posted at 06:08 PM Permalink

Liberal talk radio hits Hawaii

An article from Pacific Business News on Air America Radio programming in Hawaii.

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Mon - June 14, 2004

Air America Radio in Hawaii

Star-Bulletin columnist Erika Engle noted Friday that "Liberal talk radio network Air America Radio and its front man Al Franken debuted yesterday afternoon on KUMU-AM 1500 in Honolulu, KAOI-AM 1110 on Maui and KQNG-AM 570 on Kauai." Read her piece for details on times and such. I listen on the web sometimes, and encourage folks to tune in.

Not related directly to Hawaiian issues, except that perhaps some independence advocates will call up the show or comment in their blog sometime and introduce Air America listeners to the truth about Hawaii... the other occupation.

Posted at 03:48 PM Permalink

Tue - January 27, 2004

Moblogging

In his weekly Advertiser tech column, Burt Lum writes this week about moblogging, or mobile weblogging, the latest incarnation of the blog phenomenon.

Posted at 09:38 AM Permalink

Mon - October 6, 2003

link from cloakofsarcasm

Mahalo to Larry, a Hawaiian living in Georgia, for his link and kind words at cloakofsarcasm.blogspot.com.

Posted at 11:03 PM Permalink

Guardian's Blog Pick of the day

HawaiianKingdom.info was picked as The Guardian Unlimited's Blog Pick of the Day today! Mahalo!

Although the question of "Should Hawaii be granted independence from the US?" isn't quite framed correctly. There is a strong argument for the continuity of Hawaii's independent political status under prolonged illegal military occupation by the United States. The real question is: Should the U.S. end its occupation of Hawaii?

For those who are visiting for the first time and unfamiliar with the issue, please visit HawaiianKingdom.org for a good background and historical documentation of the U.S. occupation of Hawaii.

Also, for our British visitors, learn about the central role Great Britain played in the recognition of Hawaii's independence, and the several treaties between the two countries.

Posted at 06:41 AM Permalink

Tue - August 12, 2003

Fair and Balanced, too

I have always thought "Fair and Balanced" as a slogan for FoxNews was blatantly false advertising. But now the BlogScott is officially Fair and Balanced, too.