Off My Desk - August 2009

If the state budget crunch is so bad, why is the state cutting offices that bring in more money than they cost?

Now, why would a national columnist on vacation here make fun of our Hawaiian punctuation? UPDATE: John Derbyshire responds.

Both kudos and brickbats for The Honolulu Advertiser, on a piece today about our reps avoiding health care town halls.

There's a chance I may have said something the White House doesn't like. Please do let it know about me.