Book Review – “Campaign Hawai‘i”
Longtime Democratic Party Strategist Takes Readers Inside Some of Hawai‘i’s Biggest Political Battles
Gerald Kato
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In the folklore of Hawai‘i politics, the unsung workers and volunteers who support the candidates from one...
Kauai Stories – Kauai Kids in Peace and War
Bill Fernandez
From “Kaua‘i Kids in Peace and War”
Published with Permission
Editor’s note: Author Bill Fernandez was an inquisitive and impressionable young boy growing up on Kaua‘i when Japan launched its aerial attack on Pearl Harbor...
“TO HELL AND BACK” – On the 70th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a...
Frances H. Kakugawa
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Before my mother died, she said something that left me with a nagging thought. “Don’t let me be forgotten,” she told the minister.”
What if all my ancestors in...
“A Whole New Engineer”
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: The arrival of a new year always inspires new outlooks on life and the future of society. Some lose their luster after a few months — others...
“I Am Somebody”
Kevin Kawamoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
One of the first poems that appears in Frances Kakugawa’s latest book from Watermark Publishing, “I Am Somebody: Bringing Dignity and Compassion to Alzheimer’s Caregiving,” is succinctly titled, “SOS!”...
Book Review – “The Three-Year Swim Club”, Recalling An Era When Anything was Possible
Alan Suemori Commentary Special to The Hawai‘i Herald There is a hauntingly telling interlude in Julie Checkoway’s second book, “The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids,” that captures all at once the complexity and mystery of Soichi Sakamoto, the legendary Maui-born nisei, who some consider the greatest American swimming coach....
Book Review – “Fred Korematsu Speaks Up”
Newly Released Book Details Korematsu Case for Young Readers Alan Suemori Commentary Special to The Hawai‘i Herald I want to tell you about a small jewel of a book that a friend called to my attention last weekend. It tells the story of one of the darkest chapters in American history — a time when....
“Serve The People” – An “Engaging” Look Back At The Making Of Asian America
Jonathan Y. Okamura, Ph.D.
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties,” by Karen L. Ishizuka, Verso Press (New York), 2016
“Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long...
A View From Kaua‘i
After reading about the first 14 years of Bill Fernandez’s life growing up on Kaua‘i in his first book, “Kaua‘i Kids in Peace and War,” the author and retired California judge said many people...