Eric Stinton
Honolulu Civil Beat
Kailua, HI, United States
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Eric Stinton: High Density Housing May Not Be Popular But The Alternative Is Worse
Social trends mean that planning housing the way we used to just won't work. → Read More
Eric Stinton: How Parades Can Help Us Reclaim Public Spaces
I used to be annoyed by parades, but now I see the value. → Read More
Eric Stinton: We Should Collaborate On A Plan For Public Education In Hawaii
If parents want to have more of a voice, they need to have more of a presence. → Read More
Eric Stinton: An Adult Tricycle May Seem A Little Goofy Until You Consider The Benefits
A tricycle provides admirable stability in a perilous world dominated by cars. → Read More
Eric Stinton: How Hawaii Can Improve Teacher Effectiveness
There are easy ways to help teachers — and students — succeed. → Read More
Trying to Fit a Fight into a Sport
Last Saturday's main event between T.J. Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen highlighted the tension between MMA's sporting aspirations and violent soul, in the latest example of a look at his face, now look at mine fight. → Read More
Eric Stinton: The Closure Of Small Private Schools Is A Blow For Education In Hawaii
The state's educational landscape is becoming increasingly stratified. → Read More
Eric Stinton: Turning Outrage Into Action To Help End Homelessness
Paula Fuga has everyone talking about the issue. Now is the time to do something about it. → Read More
Eric Stinton: Learning To Talk About Politics From Middle School Students
Kids have a lot to teach us about how to be civil again. → Read More
The Big Picture: What It Means to be the Best
Alistair Overeem may not be the greatest heavyweight of all-time, but he deserves to be on the shortlist, writes Eric Stinton. → Read More
Eric Stinton: This Troubling Distance Learning Program Tells Us A Lot About The DOE
Acellus is a symptom of a much bigger leadership problem. → Read More
The Big Picture: Watching Fights Like an Analyst, Part IV
Sherdog contributor Eric Stinton continues to pick the brains of Bloody Elbow’s Phil Mackenzie and Connor Ruebusch, two face-punch aficionados. → Read More
The Big Picture: Watching Fights Like an Analyst, Part III
Sherdog contributor Eric Stinton picks the brains of Bloody Elbow’s Phil Mackenzie and Connor Ruebusch, two face-punch aficionados. → Read More
The Big Picture: A Lament for Joseph Benavidez
It seems unfortunate that the San Antonio native’s career will almost always be seen for what is absent when there is so much there to appreciate, writes Eric Stinton. → Read More
Different Sides of Violence
The allure of violence is undeniable. It taps into something primal and evolutionary resonant. In the same way my harmless, domesticated wiener dog still has the hunting instincts to dig and follow scents, we still have the physical drive for survival encoded in our DNA despite almost never needing to act on it. As we’ve strived to rinse violence out of polite society, one of the many ways that… → Read More
The Big Picture: The Complexities of Grieving Someone You Did Not Know
When death—as it did with NBA legend Kobe Bryant—pulls away the distraction sports provide, we are pushed into raw exposure to unsettling truths. That is especially true in MMA, writes Eric Stinton. → Read More
The Big Picture: An Ode to the Undercard
Beyond the basic calculations of finding future contenders first, there are other reasons to show some love for the gatekeepers, prospects, jobbers and journeymen, writes Eric Stinton. → Read More
The Big Picture: Low Hopes for Conor McGregor’s Redemption
The Irishman has a long way to go before fans start to involuntarily tune in to whatever he’s doing and gleefully salivate after every word like they did in the past, writes Eric Stinton. → Read More
The Big Picture: Everybody Sucks, and Other Reasons to be Patient
UFC 241 on Saturday gave us plenty of reason to appreciate the different ways in which patience can present itself in the fight business, writes Eric Stinton. → Read More
UFC 239 As an Educational Experience
If you could get concussed by enlightenment, then UFC 239 was like an extended, badass “Ted Talk,” writes Eric Stinton. → Read More