SRS: The funding of all Yank politics is just plain nasty. 'Nuff said.

Federal “Government Issue” as in production & distribution. The national level Corporation for Public Broadcasting and American state/local government (public) schools are joined at the hip.

Amy Goodman is not exactly an American centrist now is she? History isn't collateral damage in a culture war. It's the target of choice.

RE Kanaka etymology: very similar to Sub-Saharan African and Native American cultures, before the Westerners invented a Hawaiian alphabet and written language c.1820s all Kanaka Maoli life was spoken word only.

A decade either way and you'd be singing about John Tanata or Ranara or heaven only knows.

Hiram Bingham I
Hiram Bingham II