Deradicalizing in the Middle East and Elsewhere (Keeping the World Company)
In a World of Terror, Deradicalization is Critical. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Jason Olson. Our panel helps us understand the process of radicalization in the Middle East and elsewhere, and how it leads to terrorism and violence. Our panel also explores the […]
How Tourism is Doing After the Maui Fires (Community Matters)
What will it Take to Come Back. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jerry Agrusa. Dr. Agrusa helps us understand how tourism has been doing after the Maui fires, and what will it take to come back to previous levels. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mAjbhHpq-LyAm9pcuN3zJ9 Please […]
2024 General Election GOP Budget Debate (American Issues Take One)
GOP Fiscal Issues Differ from Democrats. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Chuck Crumpton. With the GOP and Democrat presidential candidates locked in place, the general election is underway. The difference in policy positions between the two parties could not be greater. Trump recently suggested reductions in […]
Global Telecom Right Here in Hawaii (Community Matters)
Looking at the Pacific Telecommunications Council. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Brian Moon. Brian Moon, CEO of Pacific Telecommunication Council helps us understand what PTC is, and its mission, members, activities and plans. PTC’s Annual Conference in January is a strategic springboard for the global communications industry, providing all […]
Is National News Taking the Oxygen from Local News (Community Matters)
What Can we Do About it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Brett Oppegaard. Brett Oppegaard of the Journalism Program at UH Manoa helps us understand the evolution of local media in Hawaii and elsewhere, the issues and events it is covering and those it is not covering so well, […]
The Hawaii Supreme Court Doesn’t Buy Bruen (Community Matters)
Credit Goes to the Hawaii Supreme Court. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Erin Davis and Shira Feldman. Our panel discusses Hawaii v. Christopher Wilson, the recent landmark unanimous decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court effectively rejecting the Supreme Court’s rulings on guns. A brand-new right for guns was created […]
What will it Take to Reverse Things in Ukraine (Keeping the World Company)
How Long Can this War of Attrition Last. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Manfred Henningsen. Our panel helps us understand recent changes in Ukrainian military leadership and in the resistance Putin is getting in Russia, the resolve of Western Europe and the destructive […]
Hawaii Bill Introduced to Disqualify Trump (American Issues Take One)
Trump Would Not be on the Ballot Here. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are John Waihe’e and Karl Rhoads. Our panel, including former governor John Waihee and Senator Karl Rhoads (a Democrat representing Honolulu who frequently criticizes Trump and Republicans over the Jan. 6 riot) who introduced […]
How Concerned Should we be About Hezbollah (Global Connections)
How Long will Hezbollah Constrain its Attacks. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical strategist, helps us understand the war on Israel’s border with Lebanon. Hezbollah attacks Israel from that border and sends rockets and missiles into Israel on a regular basis. What is the […]
How Does Canadian Immigration Policy Differ (View from the North)
What Can the US Learn from How Canada Does it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman, helps us understand Canadian immigration policy and how it differs from American immigration policy and what we can learn from how things are done in Canada. […]
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The president’s move to protect strategic manufacturing sectors from low-cost competition aims to increase jobs, but consumers might not like the costs. [...]
Protectionist trade policies are popular on both the left and right. But some economists say they’re likely to backfire. [...]
Even in the president’s favorite political stomping ground, his standing has slipped with Democrats who will be vital to a repeat victory, interviews with nearly two dozen Black voters showed. [...]
His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there. [...]
Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past. [...]
Moscow continues to make military gains in the Kharkiv region as Ukraine struggles with resources. [...]
South West Water says about 2,500 homes will have to keep boiling water due to a parasite. [...]
Leonid Volkov says his fight against Vladimir Putin will never end. [...]
One claimant unknowingly overpaid Carer's Allowance said the debts she incurred have brought 'considerable financial strain'. [...]
Forecasters have warned some areas could see up to 50mm (2in) of rain and flooding on Saturday. [...]
Cologne needed a minor miracle to survive going into the last game of the season, with no guarantee that a win would be enough to save them. Instead, they collapsed [...]
President Salome Zourabichvili had earlier told DW that she would reject the contentious legislation as a "symbol." The veto, however, can be overridden by another vote in parliament. [...]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged federal "solidarity" after the western state of Saarland was hit by flash flooding and landslides. He toured some of the affected areas with the [...]
Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank had been expected to provide guarantees for the construction of a gas-processing plant that was to be operated by Gazprom. [...]
Premier Robert Fico is in a stable but serious condition after a shooting attack, Slovakia's health minister says. The suspected shooter is reported by media to be a 71-year-old former [...]
A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems. [...]
McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing [...]
Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died. [...]
Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. [...]
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and we need all the protection we can get. So why is it so hard to get newer, more effective [...]
Canadian police used DNA testing to link Gary Allen Srery, who died in 2011, to the killing of two girls and two women in the 1970s. They say there may [...]
Andriy Yermak, a former lawyer and film producer who runs Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime presidential office, is arguably the most powerful chief of staff in Ukraine’s history. [...]
Parents had no idea their children were being given the sleep aid at a home day care in New Hampshire, police said. [...]
Parents had no idea their children were being given the sleep aid at a home day care in New Hampshire, police said. [...]
League champion Bayer Leverkusen has become the first team to complete a Bundesliga season unbeaten [...]
