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Jay Fidell is founder, president and CEO of ThinkTech Hawaii, Inc. He is a graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York and NYU Law School where he took an LLB (JD) in 1965 and an LLM in Taxation in 1971. Jay served in the U.S. Coast Guard as a lawyer and military judge from 1965 to 1971. He was first assigned to Honolulu and then to New York City. He returned to private practice in Hawaii in 1971.

He was a founder of the firm later known as Bendet Fidell Sugimura and practiced business law there until 2012, when he retired after 40 years of active practice. In the year 2001, Jay founded ThinkTechHawaii and produced a radio show by that name on HPR from 2001 through 2008. He then moved on to producing video talk shows and then created ThinkTech Studios. He likes to interview talk show guests, but more than anything he is dedicated to the electronics, programming and studio systems that make ThinkTech run.

The Decline of Leadership in America (Keeping the World Company)

The Dynamics of Social-psychology. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. The show is expected to include the following discussion: Our panel discusses the failure and consequences of the decline of leadership in America; the social-psychological aspects of that decline; how they lead to political and […]

How Foreign Countries Paid up $8M to Trump (American Issues Take One)

Constitution Prohibition of Gifts Ignored. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Chuck Crumpton. When you rent your house out for $4,000 per month but the party wishing to rent insists on paying $6,000, is the extra $2,000 a gift or a stroke of good luck? The answer […]

Comparison of Crimes in Canada and the US (View from the North)

For Public Safety, Where Would You Prefer. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman, helps us understand the comparison of crime between Canada and the U.S. and the factors that go into that comparison. There is more violent crime in the US, but […]

Why we Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich (Community Matters)

But How Likely will that be Politically. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roger Epstein. Why we need to raise taxes on the rich, and how unlikely that will be. How Republicans confused their constituents by telling them they benefited from the 2017 tax act, and that giving IRS more […]

Putin is Undermining Western / US Hegemony (Keeping the World Company)

Is his Strategy Sustainable and is it Working. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Our panel discusses Putin’s strategy of undermining Western / US hegemony by multipronged attacks: military, disinformational, and by proxy, and the extent to which that damages Ukraine, the US and liberal world order and […]

Update on the War Against Ukraine (Global Connections)

Where is this War Going. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker helps us understand the current status of the War Against Ukraine. Air attacks seem to be heating up on both sides. Who does this favor? The Russian public seems to have come around to accepting […]

In 2024 SCOTUS May Decide Trump’s Future (American Issues Take One)

Trump on Ballots or Immunity in Question. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. Maine and Colorado will not allow Trump on the 2024 election ballot. Other states will. The US Supreme Court will need to determine if a patchwork of state decisions will determine Trump’s eligibility to be a presidential […]

Why this Hanukkah is Different from all Others (How this World is Changing)

And why it May Never be the Same. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Itchel Krasnjansky. The war in Israel and the anti-semitic protest in the U.S. are having an effect on the meaning and celebration of Hanukah. Rabbi Krasnjansky helps us understand what that effect is, here and in […]

The Global Demise of Civil Society (Keeping the World Company)

What Can we Do About it. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Jean Rosenfeld. Did you Erasure of Civil Society around the world to what extent is it happening and how does it affect us we see the erosion of governmental and non-governmental institutions Civil Society eroding […]

Reviewing Killers of the Flower Moon (Movies We Can Learn From)

A True Story of the Osage Indians. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Stephanie Dalton. Our panel reviews an award winning Martin Scorsese movie about the treatment of the Osage Indians in the 1920’s in Okahoma. The movie features outstanding performances by Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert Deniro, and Lily Gladstone, and […]

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- Farnaz Fassihi
Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports

Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown. [...]

- Emma Bubola
Who is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?

Mr. Raisi has been seen as a possible successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, the highest political and religious position in the Islamic republic. [...]

- Danny Hakim, Ken Bensinger and Eileen Sullivan
‘We’ll See You at Your House’: How Fear and Menace Are Transforming Politics

Public officials from Congress to City Hall are now regularly subjected to threats of violence. It’s changing how they do their jobs. [...]

- Chelsia Rose Marcius and Jay Root
Critics Fault ‘Aggressive’ N.Y.P.D. Response to Pro-Palestinian Rally

Officers were filmed punching three demonstrators at the protest in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The police said protesters were blocking the streets. [...]

Rescue teams search for Iran's president after helicopter crash

A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi made a "hard landing" in adverse weather, state media says. [...]

Inquiry's report into biggest-ever NHS disaster due

More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the infected blood scandal. [...]

Mum still feels guilt for son's infected blood death

Martin White died at the age of 33 after being given blood products contaminated with HIV. [...]

Water investors have withdrawn billions, says research

A report suggests shareholders have taken billons but failed to invest as water bills look set to rise. [...]

Why Wikileaks' Julian Assange faces US extradition demand

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hopes to launch a new appeal. [...]

Tehran's Cabinet has met for an emergency meeting following the helicopter accident involving President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian. But who is Raisi? [...]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy's term as president officially ends on May 20, and a scheduled election in March was postponed due to the ongoing war. Legal experts explain why he can remain [...]

Speaking with graduating students, US President Joe Biden said he supports their "peaceful nonviolent protest" over the ongoing "humanitarian crisis in Gaza." [...]

Climate change is likely fueling a surge in extreme weather events across the planet. It could be a troubling sign of things to come. [...]

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in an "accident" in the north of the country. Rescue teams scrambled but did not immediately find the aircraft, amid [...]

- The Associated Press
U.S. troops and equipment will leave Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon says

Niger's decision to kick out American forces dealt a blow to U.S. military operations in the Sahel. U.S. troops and some gear already have begun leaving the country. [...]

- John Helton
Sean Combs apologizes for 'my actions in that video' that appeared to show an assault

Without addressing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is seen in the video being kicked and dragged in 2016, the hip-hop mogul says, "I was disgusted then when I did it. [...]

- Scott Neuman
At age 90, America's first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space

Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing." [...]

- Stephen Fowler
At Morehouse, Biden says dissent should be heard because democracy is 'still the way'

Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance - and future of - democracy. [...]

- Brian Mann
In Knesset speech, GOP's Elise Stefanik calls for unrestricted U.S. war aid to Israel

Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth." [...]

- Stephen Hawkins | AP

Kevin Pillar got a milestone hit that provided a victory for the Los Angeles Angels while his parents were there to watch [...]

- Brian Mahoney | AP

Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and the Indiana Pacers rode one of the most sensational first halves in Game 7 history to a 130-109 victory over the New York Knicks [...]

- Jenna Fryer | AP

Scott McLaughlin in the famed “Yellow Submarine” entry led a Team Penske sweep of the front row of Indianapolis 500 qualifying with a new track record Sunday around Indianapolis Motor [...]

- Claire Healy

Vincent Gray had long wanted to pursue doctoral studies. Now, George Washington University is awarding him an honorary doctorate in public service. [...]

- Susannah George, Maham Javaid, Kim Bellware, Praveena Somasundaram, Kyle Melnick

President Ebrahim Raisi was traveling back to Iran from Azerbaijan. Rescuers were struggling to reach the area due to foggy conditions and mountainous terrain. [...]

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