December 3, 2021 Columnists

Help Improve Your Relationships Kevin Y. Kawamoto Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Editor’s Note: In the previous Nov. 19, 2021 issue of The Hawai‘i Herald, Kawamoto discussed some of the socio-cultural and cross-cultural factors that create challenges...

Jane Burigsay Courtesy: Social Security Administration Did you know having a personal my Social Security account is almost like having super powers? Think about it. It protects you, and you can even look into your financial...

Carol Park Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Commentary Gail Tsukiyama’s novel, “The Color of Air,” paints a vivid picture of old Hawai‘i. The time of sugar cane plantations, where the dreams of immigrants from Japan, or other...

Sharon Yamato Republished with permission Discover Nikkei (Aug. 26, 2021) (discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2021/8/26/mine-okubo) How appropriate that on the 75th Anniversary of Miné Okubo’s pioneering graphic memoir, “Citizen 13660” (University of Washington Press, 2014), hailed for its groundbreaking account of the...

Dr. Chad Sato Hawai‘i Herald Columnist How you react to situations that occur in your life is determined by your interpretation of those events. In the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic affected us in varying...

Mike Malaghan Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Editor’s note: “A Question of Loyalty” is the second historical novel in Mike Malaghan’s trilogy on the Japanese American experience in Hawai‘i. Prior to “A Question of Loyalty,” the...

by Rev. Paul S. Osumi Reprinted with permission LIVE EACH DAY Death may come to us suddenly at any time. It behooves all of us to live each day as if it were the only day we...

GENERATION GAP by Jon J. Murakami

8·0·8 By Dennis Fujitake

Dad's Three Cats by Gwen Muranaka