Update on John Doe v. Kamehameha Schools

(see this earlier post for more information) The en banc review has come in and it is in favor of Kamehameha Schools and their admission policy with a preference for Native Hawaiian students. The docket is a very long one at over a hundred pages and its length gives insight into how the decision for […]

Red Dirt

My first game wasn’t at home. I ran to center-field holding the yellow softball. My shoes still clean with no trace of dirt. I pull my socks up over my smooth, un-scarred knees. I tuck in my shirt and smile because it’s red. I’m nervous, my body is cold, but I do not sweat. It’s […]

Reasons why we should not ban horse slaugter

Click here if you’re interested in knowing why the United States should reject a ban on horse slaughter. A bill to ban the practice made it past the U.S. House of Representatives last September, and if the Senate manages to find some time for it this session, it has the potential to become law. The […]

What David Malo Means to Me

In the Future, every student will get to be David Malo for fifteen minutes. For the low price of admission, every pupil, regardless of race, culture, gender, and age, will climb through the portal into David Malo’s educated Hawai`ian brain. In the multi-cultural theme park called David Malo Land, you will spend your youth in […]