Something very similar happened in 1992 when Hurricane Iniki
hit the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii. Aloha Airlines (now
defunct) and a host of agencies, both private and government,
flew into the island with relief supplies. My sister was living
in Maui at the time, and her hotel (the Kaanapali Beach Hotel)
sent Christmas gifts, turkeys, and hams to the residents. Aloha
flew her and some other KBH employees, along with their gifts,
to the island. She said she never forgot the look on the
children’s faces when they saw all of the stuff they had
brought.
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause
and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress
impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist
surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our
culture.
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it,
makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so
many people seem to be hostile to it?