Goodbye, old friend. You arrived on Christmas Day, 1992, and for the next 15 years you had a wonderful life and gave us great joy. The last six months were more troublesome, but there were as many ups as downs even then. We’ll miss you terribly.
Hawai’i has adopted a plan that would allow me to file absentee and vote before October 28. I have politely declined the invitation. I like going to my polling place on Election Day. I like waiting in line for an open booth. I like walking out of the school cafeteria with that little stub from …