I have a hard time figuring out the people in Congress who have it in for Amtrak. What is it that drives them? Ideology? Spite? Ignorance? Stupidity? Maybe even all...

It’s been a busy day. We have not one, but two hurricanes out here in the Pacific and they’re both headed our way. One, Hurricane Iselle, will make landfall tomorrow...

Most of the media attention – and quite properly so – is falling on Superstorm Sandy, which is now moving up along the East Coast. We here in Hawaii had...

Hurricanes are unusual here in Hawaii. Only a couple have hit us dead on in the last 20-plus years. But when they do show up, they can be real doozies....