Mostly Politics http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics/ MidWeek http://www.midweek.com/images/elements/midweek_feedburner_logo.gif http://www.midweek.com 144 37 MidWeek.com Dan Boylan teaches history at the University of Hawaii--West Oahu. en Dan Boylan 2008-05-14T10:00:00-10:00 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. Why Clinton Won In Indiana http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/290074722/ Dan Boylan On primary election night 2008, the television networks refused to call the outcome of the Democratic presidential primary balloting until late in the evening. The hold-up took place in two or three counties in the northwestern corner of Indiana - counties that included the rust-belt city of Gary and the suburbs that housed its present and former labor force. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan On primary election night 2008, the television networks refused to call the outcome of the Democratic presidential primary balloting until late in the evening. The hold-up took place in two or three counties in the northwestern corner of Indiana - counties that included the rust-belt city of Gary and the suburbs that housed its present and former labor force.

]]> 2008-05-14T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/why_clinton_won_in_indiana/ Oil Addiction And Spam Musubi http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/285259740/ Dan Boylan A friend of mine commutes daily to his job on Maui. Last week he complained that he couldn’t find his favorite Spam musubi at the 7-Eleven in Kahului. He eats one every day around 1:30 p.m., a couple of hours before he catches his flight back to Honolulu. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan A friend of mine commutes daily to his job on Maui. Last week he complained that he couldn’t find his favorite Spam musubi at the 7-Eleven in Kahului. He eats one every day around 1:30 p.m., a couple of hours before he catches his flight back to Honolulu.

]]> 2008-05-07T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/oil_addiction_and_spam_musubi/ The Clinton-Obama Distraction http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/280691318/ Dan Boylan Will it ever end? What began as a spirited, sometimes even uplifting contest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination has deteriorated into a scandalously expensive, excruciatingly long mud fest in which Hillary Clinton - presumptive nominee a year ago - and Barack Obama - the young Prince of Change - both stagger forward much besmirched. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan Will it ever end?

What began as a spirited, sometimes even uplifting contest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination has deteriorated into a scandalously expensive, excruciatingly long mud fest in which Hillary Clinton - presumptive nominee a year ago - and Barack Obama - the young Prince of Change - both stagger forward much besmirched.

]]> 2008-04-30T10:00:01-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/the_clinton_obama_distraction/ Books That Can Change Your Life http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/276050396/ Dan Boylan Years ago, in a graduate class at the University of Michigan, a young professor warned us against reading Henry David Thoreau’s Walden in a crowded library reading room. “Thoreau says things that can change your life,” he said. “Really change your life. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan Years ago, in a graduate class at the University of Michigan, a young professor warned us against reading Henry David Thoreau’s Walden in a crowded library reading room. “Thoreau says things that can change your life,” he said. “Really change your life.

]]> 2008-04-23T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/books_that_can_change_your_life/ Why The Dems’ New Head Matters http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/271320110/ Dan Boylan This past weekend, former state Rep. Brian Schatz officially announced that he’s running for chair of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan This past weekend, former state Rep. Brian Schatz officially announced that he’s running for chair of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.

]]> 2008-04-16T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/why_the_dems_new_head_matters/ The Effects Of Far-away Actions http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/266917619/ Dan Boylan Sometimes I forget - as do we all, I suppose. I forget that Hawaii’s uniqueness knows limitations far more imperative than we like to acknowledge. I forget that long ago these lovely Islands were sucked into the maw of world history and a global economy and that our welfare depends so directly on that of everyone else. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan Sometimes I forget - as do we all, I suppose. I forget that Hawaii’s uniqueness knows limitations far more imperative than we like to acknowledge. I forget that long ago these lovely Islands were sucked into the maw of world history and a global economy and that our welfare depends so directly on that of everyone else.

]]> 2008-04-09T10:00:01-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/the_effects_of_far_away_actions/ The Big T’ings Facing Islanders http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/262561710/ Dan Boylan I’m told by people in the mortgage and real estate business that Hawaii has largely escaped the Mainland’s mortgage meltdown. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan I’m told by people in the mortgage and real estate business that Hawaii has largely escaped the Mainland’s mortgage meltdown.

]]> 2008-04-02T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/the_big_tings_facing_islanders/ Impressed With College Historians http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/258222470/ Dan Boylan I wanted to be in New York this week attending the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. But I couldn’t make it: A Honolulu-New York airfare and the price of a Manhattan hotel room for five nights came to more than this professor’s budget would allow. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan I wanted to be in New York this week attending the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. But I couldn’t make it: A Honolulu-New York airfare and the price of a Manhattan hotel room for five nights came to more than this professor’s budget would allow.

]]> 2008-03-26T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/impressed_with_college_historians/ Squandering Resources For Profit http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/254190235/ Dan Boylan I walk frequently at the Central Oahu Regional Park - renamed, now, the Patsy T. Mink Regional Park. I’m a great fan of the place: its first-rate baseball and softball facilities, its abundance of tennis courts, its archery range and Olympicsized swimming pool and its soccer fields. POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan I walk frequently at the Central Oahu Regional Park - renamed, now, the Patsy T. Mink Regional Park. I’m a great fan of the place: its first-rate baseball and softball facilities, its abundance of tennis courts, its archery range and Olympicsized swimming pool and its soccer fields.

]]> 2008-03-19T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/mostlypolitics_article/squandering_resources_for_profit/ Why Hillary Is Bouncing Back http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MostlyPolitics/~3/250038193/ Dan Boylan Guy calls me from the Big Island late last week. “Dan,” says he, “what’s happened to your man Barack?” POLITICSMostly Politics Dan Boylan Guy calls me from the Big Island late last week. “Dan,” says he, “what’s happened to your man Barack?”

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