Edward Elgar said this: that alongside the theme of his Enigma Variations there was another theme that was not played. He told no one but his wife what this theme was and both of them went to their graves with the secret, which has enthr...

"Sunrise" is blowin' in the Windward side this Friday as we make our home the Castle Medical Center for this one morning. Castle is marking its 50th anniversary this year, as good an occasion as any to learn more about hospital renov...

This is what we shouldn't do, but probably will do, now that MRC Greenwood has decided to retire as president, take a one-year sabbatical, then return as a tenured professor in the medical school. We hire an expensive executive recr...

Fittingly on finals week, Fitch Ratings gave Hawaiian Airlines a solid B credit rating, and issued a fairly balanced assessments of the hometown airline's financial status. Fitch cited Hawaiian's rapid expansion and fleet renewa...

The House is about to vote to pass a bill to give hourly workers nationwide the option of taking time off in lieu of overtime. Most government workers already have this option. The bill is expected to clear the House but will face more o...

Paul Wittgenstein, a concert pianist whose right arm was amputated after a war wound, commissioned some of the finest piano concertos ever written, even though he disliked many of the works created for him and never played them. The Wit...

On the slopes of West Maui, above Lahaina, is the Dragonfruit Farm. The address is the same as Paradise Eco-Adventures, because it's the same family. The Schmitts, who also grow salad greens over in Haiku, have a zipline up here on P...

As a frequent emcee, panelist and luncheon speaker, I've been behind the scenes at lots of Hawaii hotels, and I'm pleased to tell you they're generally as clean backstage as they are in the public areas, and usually there is ...

From the start it was a weird illness. It had just one symptom. Any later symptoms stemmed from the first one. And that symptom was congestion. Stomach: fine. Intestines: fine. Blood pressure, blood sugar: fine. Just congestion. But it ...

If you love the French Impressionists, you probably think it would have been exciting to live in Paris in the 1870s and 1880s when those painters were the latest thing. Or maybe you would rather have been in Paris during the Great War, w...