February 21, 2024
Hawaii’s islands exist because of active and now extinct volcanos, thus land for housing of all kinds is limited. Here on the Big Island of Hawaii near Hilo at Volcano National Park, visitors are reminded viscerally that the steam they can inhale is coming from deep within the earth. No eruptions here—for now.
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Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Reflections on paradise lost in Hawaii—and other threats
Here’s why I am sad after returning from Hawaii for a brief vacation there—thanks to a round-trip cruise from San Diego. Now our 50th state, and formerly a U.S. territory and independent nation, the Hawaii of our dreams, memories, and imagination is being bled dry by economic forces seemingly beyond its control.
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