http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice/ http://www.midweek.com/images/elements/midweek_feedburner_logo.gif http://www.midweek.com 144 37 MidWeek.com Larry Price is the co-host of the morning drive Perry and Price Show on KSSK 92.3 FM, and a professor in residence of the MBA Program at Chaminade University of Honolulu en Larry Price 2008-05-07T10:00:00-10:00 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. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/285269494/ Larry Price Identifying experts has always been a controversial issue in Hawaii. The reason is because we are an isolated community, and anyone who travels to Hawaii from a faraway location is interesting to listen to because they look and sound different - the farther away, the more expert he or she appears. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price Identifying experts has always been a controversial issue in Hawaii. The reason is because we are an isolated community, and anyone who travels to Hawaii from a faraway location is interesting to listen to because they look and sound different - the farther away, the more expert he or she appears.

]]> 2008-05-07T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/ready_for_a_rail_referendum/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/276058466/ Larry Price Last week the Honolulu City Council announced it was ready to take a final vote on our proposed multibillion-dollar transit system. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price Last week the Honolulu City Council announced it was ready to take a final vote on our proposed multibillion-dollar transit system.

]]> 2008-04-23T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/so_many_meetings_no_solutions/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/271322874/ Larry Price There’s an old saying: “No news is good news.” And while that might be true, you also could say that emotional news is bad news. The media have been bombarding us with bad news lately. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price There’s an old saying: “No news is good news.” And while that might be true, you also could say that emotional news is bad news. The media have been bombarding us with bad news lately.

]]> 2008-04-16T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/being_bombarded_with_bad_news/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/266922224/ Larry Price There is an obvious dilemma facing the leaders of today: Success in a global market means they must depend on learning, yet most of these people don’t know how to learn in this day and age. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price There is an obvious dilemma facing the leaders of today: Success in a global market means they must depend on learning, yet most of these people don’t know how to learn in this day and age.

]]> 2008-04-09T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/we_need_leaders_who_can_lear/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/262575123/ Larry Price Last week, trustees for the government’s two biggest benefits programs warned that Social Security and Medicare are facing “enormous challenges,” with threats to Medicare’s solvency far more severe. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price Last week, trustees for the government’s two biggest benefits programs warned that Social Security and Medicare are facing “enormous challenges,” with threats to Medicare’s solvency far more severe.

]]> 2008-04-02T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/tougher_times_for_health_plans/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/258217142/ Larry Price A summary of recommended changes to the current Sunshine Law bouncing around in the Legislature would be comical - if legislators weren’t serious. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price A summary of recommended changes to the current Sunshine Law bouncing around in the Legislature would be comical - if legislators weren’t serious.

]]> 2008-03-26T10:00:01-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/sunshine_is_nice_not_practical/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/254186220/ Larry Price It was announced last week that in five years the state Board of Education plans to offer students the option of getting a more-advanced high school diploma called the College and Career Ready Diploma.  POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price It was announced last week that in five years the state Board of Education plans to offer students the option of getting a more-advanced high school diploma called the College and Career Ready Diploma. 

]]> 2008-03-19T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/the_power_of_teachers_unions/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/250039828/ Larry Price There was a lot of “water cooler” discussion last week about a survey released by the National Sleep Foundation. It seems the results of survey of 1,000 people found participants average six hours and 40 minutes of sleep a night on weeknights, even though the people estimated they need about 45 minutes more to be at their best. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price There was a lot of “water cooler” discussion last week about a survey released by the National Sleep Foundation. It seems the results of survey of 1,000 people found participants average six hours and 40 minutes of sleep a night on weeknights, even though the people estimated they need about 45 minutes more to be at their best.

]]> 2008-03-12T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/sleeping_on_the_job_just_wont_fly/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/246040693/ Larry Price It’s been interesting reading about all the theories surrounding the Democratic caucuses recently held in Hawaii. We’ve been told that the caucuses put Hawaii on the political map for the first time ever. The suggestion was that Hawaii’s Democratic delegates, all 20 of them, would somehow sway the nomination in favor of Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price It’s been interesting reading about all the theories surrounding the Democratic caucuses recently held in Hawaii. We’ve been told that the caucuses put Hawaii on the political map for the first time ever. The suggestion was that Hawaii’s Democratic delegates, all 20 of them, would somehow sway the nomination in favor of Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

]]> 2008-03-05T10:00:00-10:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/therightprice_article/voters_speak_pols_dont_listen/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRightPrice/~3/242011028/ Larry Price The history of UH athletic directors like the mist in Manoa Valley on a rainy day. It’s not heavy enough to drench a jacket, not thick enough to impair a driver’s vision or make the evening news. POLITICSThe Right Price Larry Price The history of UH athletic directors like the mist in Manoa Valley on a rainy day. It’s not heavy enough to drench a jacket, not thick enough to impair a driver’s vision or make the evening news.

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