In the Wizard of Oz after Dorothy has flattened the Wicked Witch of the East to a pancake with her falling house, Glinda the Good Witch marvels at Dorothy’s powers which have eliminated the local neighborhood nuisance and asks Dorothy what kind of witch she is. Dorothy of course thinks in terms of black and white with a “witch” easily falling into the black category until Glinda explains that there are good witches as well as bad and that she, Glinda, is a good witch. She then asks Dorothy, “Are you a good witch or a bad witch? Which witch are you?”
Hawaiʻi also has goodness as well as badness! In Waikīkī our favorite breakfast restaurant, the Wailana, sits at an extremely dangerous intersection where opposing directions of traffic do not get a red light at the same time. As soon as the light turns green for…
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