Never Forget the Dodo
By Léo Azambuja As a child, man-driven extinction was a tough concept for me to grasp. I was heartbroken upon learning the fate of the dodo, a flightless bird from Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean....
View ArticleOn Food and Politics
By Léo Azambuja For Kaua‘i staff at a recent party at Bobby V's in the Coconut Marketplace in Kapa‘a. It’s not always that we link pizza and politics, but it does happen quite often. And sadly, this...
View ArticleMake Sure America Stays Great
By Léo Azambuja President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance together at the Commander in Chief Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013....
View ArticleAloha ‘Oe, Obama
By Léo Azambuja President Barack Obama walks through the Rose Garden to the Oval Office following an all-appointees summer event on the South Lawn, June 13, 2016. Official White House Photo by Pete...
View ArticleKamehameha and the Splintered Paddle
By Léo Azambuja Léo Azambuja This story has been told countless times and in many different ways. But in its core, it has always been about basic civil and human rights. So I’m just going to pick the...
View ArticleOnly a Woman Would Survive the Pain of Death
By Léo Azambuja Léo Azambuja It’s hard to talk about women’s pains when you’re not a woman. It’s not like I don’t feel their pain; I just don’t feel it to the extent they do. That is because, according...
View ArticleWhile You and I Were Sleeping
By Léo Azambuja Léo Azambuja It feels like since last year’s elections, more people than ever have been following national news. But in the midst of this Donald Trump frenzy, we might have missed...
View ArticleMay the Science Be with You
By Léo Azambuja Nancy Kanna, left, and Ruby Pap, two of the many organizers of Kaua‘i’s March for Science, endured the rain with a smile. Let’s get a few things straight. The Earth is neither flat nor...
View ArticleIt’s a Hat Trick — For Kaua‘i Wins Another Pa‘i Award
Léo Azambuja, editor in chief of For Kaua‘i Newspaper, is seen here holding the hardware for Second Best Editorial Opinion during the 32nd Pa‘i Awards presented by the Hawai‘i Publishers Association in...
View ArticleMabuhay!
By Léo Azambuja Gov. David Ige, left, and KPCC President and Chair Lesther Calipjo during the cultural center’s groundbreaking ceremony March 29, 2016. Almost five years ago, the Kaua‘i County Council...
View ArticleThe Heat Is On
By Léo Azambuja A North Shore sunset. Photo by Liz Belfor/Images by Liz The heat is on. I’m not talking about a 1980s pop song by the late Glenn Frey, one of the original members of the Eagles. The...
View ArticleOn Kalalau Permitting System
By Léo Azambuja Left to right, Halli Holmgren, Todd Yamashita and Léo Azambuja during sunset in Kalalau in June. Kalalau, the crown jewel of Napali Coast and one of the most beautiful places on Earth,...
View ArticleBe a Winner for Life, Save a Dog or a Cat
By Léo Azambuja Licorice was a foster dog from the Kaua‘i Humane Society. When they called me back to return him to the shelter, we decided to keep him. I became a 'failed foster.' As I sit down to...
View ArticleAre You Afraid of Ghosts?
By Léo Azambuja My mother has always told us, “You’ve got to be afraid of the living, not the dead.” It didn’t work much. While growing up, my siblings and I were still terrified of ghosts. I wish I...
View ArticleOur Time Is Ticking
By Léo Azambuja National Tropical Botanical Garden Plant Extinction Prevention Specialist Steven Perlman doing research at Wailau, a remove valley on Molokai's North Shore. Photo courtesy of Hank...
View ArticlePutting the Ink Where My Mouth Is
By Léo Azambuja Léo Azambuja I wanted to write about traditional Hawaiian tattooing for quite some time. As a writer, I always appreciated Ernest Hemingway’s style; he would rather go through the real...
View ArticleThe Far, Dark Side of Men
By Léo Azambuja Léo Azambuja Mark Twain once said, “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” To begin with, the moon has no dark side, Mr. Twain. The moon orbits around...
View ArticleIt’s a Hat Trick — For Kaua‘i Wins Another Pa‘i Award
Léo Azambuja, editor in chief of For Kaua‘i Newspaper, is seen here holding the hardware for Second Best Editorial Opinion during the 32nd Pa‘i Awards presented by the Hawai‘i Publishers Association in...
View ArticleMabuhay!
By Léo Azambuja Gov. David Ige, left, and KPCC President and Chair Lesther Calipjo during the cultural center’s groundbreaking ceremony March 29, 2016. Almost five years ago, the Kaua‘i County Council...
View ArticleThe Heat Is On
By Léo Azambuja A North Shore sunset. Photo by Liz Belfor/Images by Liz The heat is on. I’m not talking about a 1980s pop song by the late Glenn Frey, one of the original members of the Eagles. The...
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