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| Who Are You? |
| Hundreds of people responded to our reader survey. |
| Adventures of a Middle-Aged Editor |
| GH Editor Michael Egan gets to the bottom of things in Waikiki. |
| Valentines for All |
| If you could send Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton and your favorite cat lover a Valentine, what would you say? |
| Chocolate Isn’t Good for You |
| They’ve been lying to us all these years. How sad! |
| Leslie Wilcox |
| Leslie Wilcox is interviewed by Michael Egan in this month’s cover story. |
| Live in Sin or Do it Agin? |
| Is love really better the second time around? How about the third? |
| Off the Beaten Path |
| Learn about Oahu’s secret beaches and hidden hikes. |
| Heart Check |
| The American Heart Association offers women good advice...and a great new service. |
FEATURE:
Valentines for All
In the Spirit of
the Season, the Editors
extend the following
Valentines to those
who so richly deserve them.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. —Sun-Tzu (ca. 400 BC)
For the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Project (rail link)
What we call ‘Progress’ is the exchange of one nuisance
for another nuisance—Havelock Ellis (1859-1939)
For Those Who Favor the Super Ferry:
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs
which properly concern them—Paul Valery (1871-1945)
For Optimists and Pessimists:
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds;
and the pessimist fears this is true.—James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
For Grandparents and Grandchildren:
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get on so well is that they
have a common enemy—Sam Levenson (1911-1980)
For President Bush:
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s
character, give him power.—Abraham Lincoln (1809-65)
Two Valentines For Dick Cheney:
We thought because we had power we had wisdom—Stephen Vincent
Benet (1898-1943),
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness—Stewart Udall
(1920- )
For Certain Members of Congress:
Crime does not pay...as well as politics—Alfred E. Newman (1803-79)
For Certain Other Members of Congress:
The problem with political jokes is that they get elected—Henry
Cate VII (1899-1967)
For the Rest of Congress:
The words ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly,’
meaning many, and the word ‘ticks’ meaning blood-sucking
parasites—John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)
For Karl Rove:
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards,
if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book—Ronald
Reagan (1911-2004)
For Bill Clinton
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should
on no account be allowed to do the job—Douglas Adams (1952-2001).
For Hillary Rodham Clinton:
The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much
trouble to put makeup on two faces.—Maureen Murphy (1890-1940)
For Our Thoughtfully Retired Readers:
Leisure is the mother of philosophy—Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
For Dog Owners:
I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t
got the guts to bite people themselves—Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
For Cat Owners:
Cats regard people as warm-blooded furniture.—August Strindberg
(1849-1912)
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.—Jacquelyn Mitchard (1937-1989)
For the Presidential Candidates:
You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do—Thomas
H. Huxley (1825-1895)
For the Editors of this Page:
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought—Dorothy
Sayers (1893-1957)