Nov 14 2009

Hawaii’s famed white sandy beaches are shrinking

“It really used to be a beautiful beach,” said the 35-year-old mother of two. “And now when you look at it, it’s gone.” Geologists say more than 70 percent of Kauai’s beaches are eroding while Oahu has lost a quarter of its sandy shoreline.

Nov 14 2009

Obama in Japan: Public Solidarity Masks Tension

President Obama’s popular and rhetorical success on the global stage has not yet been matched by resolution of the United States’ foreign policy challenges.