For nostalgic Tuesday last week, I began a new series on the best hotels I've experienced, and began with the  Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.   Stayed there for two night, then drove the short distance to the  Four Seasons Hualai . I also had a professional interest in this site, because I was once a geothermal reservoir engineer for the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute.  To quote from that posting of 20July2010: I have stayed at various Four Seasons, with the Chiang Mai and   Hualalai   properties being my two favorite.  The latter ranks as   #1 in celebrity honeymoons .   Gayot  and   Travel + Leisure   rate Haulalai as #1 in Hawaii.  There was a period 14 years ago when the hotel just opened when my staff and I discussed the possibility of drilling for warm water and providing cold deep ocean water for a unique spa providing full range of "natural" temperatures.  Hualalai is a volcano which shows potential for geothermal en...

Well, President Donald Trump did sign-off on the executive orders he promised during his campaign.   Here is the list .  Uncertain how any one or group can prevent them from becoming reality, but a few are trying: 18 states ( of course, Democratic ones ) have challenged Trump on his order cutting birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants.   The attorney generals of those states said that the President has no authority to nullify a constitutional amendment.  150,000 such births occur annually.  This matter will be settled by the Supreme Court. Trump's first fire  was in removing Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan.  Trump's early contention was he be doing this to promote diversity.  What an idiotic first choice, for she is the only female officer at this high level in the Administration. For those so interested, from TIME, the  best inauguration photos.   Here is one. 19July2009 was a particularly tragic d...