Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm's office can't investigate an employee for witness tampering because he never signed the pinky-swear form promising not to commit crimes.

A surrealist take on the vivid hallucinations of Large Language Model A.I., which are known to imagine entirely made-up historical events, data points and now even case law.

Governor Green plans to veto a bill that would reform Hawaiʻi’s civil asset forfeiture law, which lets police seize property from anyone suspected of crime without due process or a conviction and profit off of its sale. Rife for abuse, this policy amounts to nothing less than state-sponsored piracy.

A pair of state senators derailed a gun control bill at the 11th hour, arguing hunters of invasive pig and deer need semi-automatic weapons to do their jobs. Sounds like a skill issue to me.

The 2025 Hawaiʻi legislative session ended with an ignominious whimper when it comes to good government reform, or “sunshine,” bills—the last of which died in conference committee the week before this cartoon ran.

Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm continues to put the weight of his office behind stopping cannabis legalization bills at the Hawaiʻi State Legislature instead of focusing on things that are actually dangerous.

The Honolulu Police Commission is supposed to hold the police accountable, but the commission meets inside police headquarters, which creates an immediate hostile environment for anyone who wishes to come before the commission to testify about police misconduct.

The knee-jerk reaction of government officials to an outbreak of violence on the underserved, neglected West Side communities of Oʻahu is to prescribe more police. A better solution would be to create a society in which folks can prosper in happiness.

On the U.S. Navy’s defense against a lawsuit brought by victims of the Red Hill fuel spill catastrophe.

Back in 2012, GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney looked like he was going to try and buy his way into the White House.

Citizens United has lead to a significant concentration of political power in the hands of wealthy entities, compromising the integrity of our democracy.