http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts/ http://www.midweek.com/images/elements/midweek_feedburner_logo.gif http://www.midweek.com 144 37 MidWeek.com Bob Jones is a former newspaper reporter, NBC News foreign correpondent, and reporter-anchor-news manager at KGMB-TV. He has lived in Hawaii since 1963. en Bob Jones 2009-11-11T10:00:40+00:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/wZDXHqYaQCw/ Bob Jones So, the feds have decided not to bust buyers and sellers of medicinal marijuana in the 14 states that permit it. Santa Cruz, Calif., now has 250 medical marijuana shops and 3,000 registered users! POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones So, the feds have decided not to bust buyers and sellers of medicinal marijuana in the 14 states that permit it. Santa Cruz, Calif., now has 250 medical marijuana shops and 3,000 registered users!

]]> 2009-11-11T10:00:40+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/wasting_money_fighting_pakalolo/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/czvAlcZztAI/ Bob Jones The anti-shark tours crowd is tossing out fear material which matches in ignorance everything used to vilify healthcare reform or question Barack Obama’s birthplace. POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones The anti-shark tours crowd is tossing out fear material which matches in ignorance everything used to vilify healthcare reform or question Barack Obama’s birthplace.

]]> 2009-11-04T10:00:36+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/silly_unscientific_shark_protests/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/wD3ZM2n3qtg/ Bob Jones Studies by the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education suggest that you can no more predict how well a novice teacher will do in the classroom than you can predict how well a great college quarterback will do in the National Football League. POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones Studies by the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education suggest that you can no more predict how well a novice teacher will do in the classroom than you can predict how well a great college quarterback will do in the National Football League.

]]> 2009-10-28T10:00:12+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/a_tale_of_two_terrific_teachers/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/tNxElKVLzyc/ Bob Jones Regular readers of this column know that I’m not a fan of Gov. Linda Lingle and her coterie. We rejected her when she ran against Ben Cayetano. Then we elected her, mainly because we didn’t think Mazie Hirono was up to the job. POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones Regular readers of this column know that I’m not a fan of Gov. Linda Lingle and her coterie. We rejected her when she ran against Ben Cayetano. Then we elected her, mainly because we didn’t think Mazie Hirono was up to the job.

]]> 2009-10-21T10:00:32+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/criticize_ok_but_offer_a_solution/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/tPFB84I6lmY/ Bob Jones I spent time in New Orleans and its French Quarter recently (actually, it’s a Spanish Quarter with a touch of Italianate architecture). POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones I spent time in New Orleans and its French Quarter recently (actually, it’s a Spanish Quarter with a touch of Italianate architecture).

]]> 2009-10-14T10:00:57+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/we_need_a_waikiki_french_quarter/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/a-ixehe23mI/ Bob Jones If you’ve asked me to be your friend on Facebook and I ignored you and deleted you, please don’t take it as a personal affront. POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones Facebook If you’ve asked me to be your friend on Facebook and I ignored you and deleted you, please don’t take it as a personal affront.

]]> 2009-10-07T10:00:11+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/refusing_to_be_a_facebook_friend/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/mzp-WFgxDgE/ Bob Jones Jerry Burris of the Advertiser recently wrote that in Hawaii we don’t seem very interested in “legacy” families such as the Kennedys - that we don’t relish voting into office the sons or daughters of our distinguished politicians. POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones Jerry Burris of the Advertiser recently wrote that in Hawaii we don’t seem very interested in “legacy” families such as the Kennedys - that we don’t relish voting into office the sons or daughters of our distinguished politicians.

]]> 2009-09-30T10:00:27+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/why_the_lack_of_isle_political_legacy_clans/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/fqMuLGriVSQ/ Bob Jones So what should we tell our schoolchildren about evolution, creationism and intelligent design? POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones So what should we tell our schoolchildren about evolution, creationism and intelligent design?

]]> 2009-09-23T10:00:06+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/telling_kids_about_evolution_faith/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/IR3X6-1cnLQ/ Bob Jones It’s a good idea to occasionally get out of your neighborhood and your home-work-home driving rut to see how others live and what’s going on with creeping development and commercialization. POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones It’s a good idea to occasionally get out of your neighborhood and your home-work-home driving rut to see how others live and what’s going on with creeping development and commercialization.

]]> 2009-09-16T10:00:43+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/justthoughts_article/an_eye-opening_island_ride/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JustThoughts/~3/xMJvBQYEPGg/ Bob Jones Bring on that elevated transit train from Kapolei to downtown Honolulu, and start thinking spurs to Mililani and Hawaii Kai. POLITICSJust Thoughts Bob Jones Bring on that elevated transit train from Kapolei to downtown Honolulu, and start thinking spurs to Mililani and Hawaii Kai.

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