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Could Hawaii go bankrupt? Webinar with Steven Greenhut
Could Hawaii go bankrupt? That was the topic of a free live webinar on Thursday, May 14, sponsored by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. As a technical matter, the answer currently is, “No.” But as a practical matter, Hawaii’s economy has tanked and local...
How FDA and CDC made COVID-19 crisis worse
Hawaii’s economy has been suffering enormously because of the coronavirus lockdown, and much of the blame can be traced to the federal Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That was the view of Jacob Sullum, a nationally...
Is Hawaii taxing healthcare to death?
For more than a month, Hawaii has been taking aggressive measures to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus, to curtail its impact on our fragile healthcare system. One worry has been that Hawaii doesn’t have enough doctors and other medical providers. Could...
Yes, lockdowns have limits, and we still have rights
Hundreds of people from throughout Hawaii and elsewhere participated in a webinar April 14, 2020, that featured Honolulu attorney and eminent legal scholar Robert Thomas on the subject of, “Safety vs. liberty: Are there limits to lockdowns?” (See video and...
‘Civil liberties in the age of the coronavirus’
“Civil liberties in the age of the coronavirus” was the topic of a half-hour conversation between Honolulu attorney Jeffrey Portnoy and host Keli’i Akina on the “Hawaii Together” program of April 13, 2020. Streamed live on the ThinkTech...