Power and Blight
It’s GO-JERA vs. HECO-KONG: A monstrous fight for Hawaiʻi’s energy future. No matter who wins, we lose.
To Bee Or Not To Bee
Sometimes the most powerful defenders of the planet come in the smallest packages. A court decision has put Hawaiʻi's endangered native bees over a luxury hotel expansion.
Trustee Turbulence
A plane, four parachutists, and a whole lot of questions about who’s really trying to keep the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in the air.
Some Strings Attached
America’s most sensitive secrets, overseen by the puppet of a fringe cult leader. Former DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s strings lead straight to a guru who preaches bigotry from a Lanikai mansion.
Welcome to the Club
It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it. Hawaiʻi’s Senate leadership is holding all the cards—and voters don’t even have a seat at the table.
The Fraud Prince
The fraud that is most dangerous is not the fraud of the poor, but the fraud of the powerful—the fraud that convinces the working man to vote against his own bread.
Dust-Up At The East Oʻahu Corral
Pay raises, missing bikis, and a lasso full of bad juju: the East Oʻahu Corral is fixin’ to get messy. Because, on this side of town, no one knows how to just ride off into the sunset.
The Burro, The Boss, And The Bullwhip
The tale of a saddlebag without bottom, a donkey without dignity, and a governor who seems much too comfortable with both.
Della and Goliath
Lo, the giant came forth clad in $12 million of polished steel, a beast of artifice piloted by the Prince of PACs. But Della reached for her slingshot. Thus saith the cartoonist: Let the rock fly; let the giant fall.
The Entwining
Grab your red twine and head to the cork board. Hawaiʻi’s ongoing bribery scandal has devolved into a Scooby-Doo nightmare worthy of the Overlook Hotel.
Pay No Attention
Pay no attention to the mayor behind the curtain! Honolulu wants a better police chief. The mayor wants to be the Wizard. And the only one pulling back the curtain is a tiny dog with a Civil Beat pin.
Veni, Vidi, Vendetta
A wannabe Caesar, a dangling auditor, two hungry lions, and a wheelbarrow full of no-bid cash. Virgil would weep.
Tools Of The Trade
Pacific Resource Partnership’s former PAC board member Vlad Devens is up for Chief Justice. That’s a conflict of interest too big to gavel over.
ICE Breaker
They said “law and order.” They meant “hoods and handcuffs.” Hawaiʻi is fighting back. My new cartoon pulls back the mask on America’s secret police, and its white supremacist lineage.
Ethical Relativity
NASA just found a black hole beyond the moon. Turns out the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives got there first.
Pump and Dump
State Rep. Diamond Garcia built his brand attacking Democrats over the cost of living. When Trump admits he’s profiting off of war, and gas hits $5.50, that grift gets harder to sell.
Bailing Out
Dole says “Pineapple business hard.” Small farmers: “Hold my taro.” Now the public is being asked to bail out a wealthy multinational corporation, and letting it keep 60 percent of our water.
Kawabunga!
Welcome to the 2026 lieutenant governor race—where one candidate is riding high; the other is treading water; and somewhere beneath the surface, a very well-funded shark is waiting.
The Face of Democracy
Democracy should flow through a public hearing, not a private audience. Yet, in the people’s house, the most important conversations happen in the hallways—and they’re all off the record.