A. Kam Napier

2 weeks ago | alohastatedaily.com | A. Kam Napier

Another fine performance given by Hawai‘i's senator. A. Kam NapierJune 14, 2025less than a minute readThere’s been talk of Hawai‘i Sen. Brian Schatz working his way up the Congressional food chain, aiming to become “the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate hierarchy, behind only Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,” as Civil Beat put it last month. If so, Schatz is certainly auditioning for the role, based on this clip of him going off about what happened when California Sen.

1 month ago | alohastatedaily.com | A. Kam Napier

Since its May 23 release in 4,410 theaters, Disney's live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" has earned $183 million domestically plus nearly $159 million internationally, according to boxofficemojo.com. It was the top performer of Memorial Day weekend, earning $145.5 million, nearly double that of the second big release, "Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning", at just over $77 million. The strength of the two releases has Hollywood observers thrilled.

1 month ago | alohastatedaily.com | A. Kam Napier

The senator is mad, folks, really mad!A. Kam NapierMay 12, 2025less than a minute readNo one locally is reporting on this, but in case you were out having a lovely Mother's Day weekend and a real life, you might have missed knowing that one of Hawai‘i's two U.S. senators is so upset that he's dropping f-bombs on X and apparently endorsing elected officials interfering with the work of federal agents. What he's referring to are reports that the Trump administration is weighing arrests of Reps.

1 month ago | alohastatedaily.com | A. Kam Napier

Our friends at Honolulu Civil Beat hosted a doozy of a column on Thursday, May 1, by career political analyst Neal Milner, titled "Use Civics Classes To Fight Back Against Authoritarianism — Teachers will have to walk a fine line, but it's not OK to pretend our democracy is functioning properly."You should absolutely read it. I mean, you kind of just did, the headline and subtitle get right to the point.

2 months ago | alohastatedaily.com | A. Kam Napier

I wonder if there’s a civics course UH President Wendy Hensel can audit, because on Tuesday, April 22, she issued a statement on Instagram that suggests she may have forgotten the nature of the institution she works for. “Today, I joined over 190 college and university leaders in signing a statement opposing government overreach and political interference in higher education,”  Hensel wrote.