This column was originally published here on Hawaii Reporter.   Scanning the week’s national news, views and clues with you and yours in mind By Malia Hill Quote of the Week: “The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you’re rich. “–P. J. O’Rourke  Each week, we’ll be monitoring the web to find the...

by Mark A. Monoscalco The nature of the encroachment upon American constitution is such, as to grow every day more and more encroaching. Like a cancer; it eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. – John Adams, February 13, 1775 President Adams probably would not be surprised at the rate that government retirees’ pensions are consuming revenue today, but the rest of...