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Never discuss politics or religion. We’ve done ourselves a tremendous disservice over the last several decades by embracing this adage — that for some reason, etiquette should dictate avoidance of difficult discussions. Instead of arming our youth with the ability to engage in real discourse, we taught them to simply avoid it.

For the next entry in our ongoing Heroes series, we spoke with 10 local artists who work in a variety of mediums. These are lovers, renegades, activists, people who use their craft to better the world. Each is a storyteller that has figured out their own way to reach up into the cosmos and grab a piece of the universe, bring it in close and whisper to it messages of resilience and compassion and then let it go free to spread throughout our world. Let’s hear it for them. 

For the next entry in our ongoing Heroes series, we spoke with 10 local artists who work in a variety of mediums. These are lovers, renegades, activists, people who use their craft to better the world. Each is a storyteller that has figured out their own way to reach up into the cosmos and grab a piece of the universe, bring it in close and whisper to it messages of resilience and compassion and then let it go free to spread throughout our world. Let’s hear it for them. 

The popular Japanese restaurant – Udon Gamadashi – which was located at the shuttered Shirokiya Japan Village Walk at Ala Moana Center is opening in a new location along Kapahulu

Same level of obvious pain. you know, we walked around a little bit on sanibel. there was kind of the damage you would see in a storm but nothing to the scope as weve seen in some of the working class neighborhoods around here and on the mainland and there in st. james city. it was breathtaking, don. >> talk to me about it a little more because im looking at the video of you walking around with parts of the walk way washed away. its going to take a long time to rebuild, right? >> both. oh, incre...

The Lower Don Trail in Toronto has been a popular spot for biking this summer and many might be wondering about the stone-based residents they pass...

Uniindia: Gundlupet (Karnataka), Sep 30 (UNI) Congress Communication In-charge Jairam Ramesh on Friday said it is not known whether there would be an election to the post of party president on October 17 because the last date of withdrawal is still not over.

That who knows how long it will take. so the only way to and from that island is helicopter or boat. so yes, thats just one little piece of it, though. we drove down from punta gorda this morning and would drive for a dozen miles and not see a single standing power line. its not just a few poles that are down. its all of them for miles. cell service -- i dont know if youve experienced it -- but so many towers are down. its hard to communicate. there was a study that came out i think this year th...

You know. but overall, we got nervous, but i wasnt like terrified. i dont know. for some reason, i have faith in god, and i said, were going to make it. >> thats nancy and robert. they were so grateful to get that boat ride to shore, don. and it was so nice to see these volunteers who say, look, for us, its thursday. for them, its the worst day of their lives. and much of the way when you call the fire department, nobody asks you who you vote for, they come to help you. and theres that spirit no...

In myrtle beach, nick, good evening to you. whats it like where you are tonight? >> hey don, good evening. it is soggy here, but the brunt of the heavy rain is expected to come in the overnight hours. and peak in the early afternoon. so far, were just in a wait and see mode. you can see its windy, but the rain has stopped in the last few minutes. we were at myrtle state beach park earlier which i believe we have video of, we can see these waves starting to come in a little bit more aggressive. t...