RECENTLY, I WAS BROUGHT UP SHORT by a comment following one of my columns. Not one of the usual lot from my critics! The column was on global warming and the comment was from someone who didn’t disagree with me but felt it time for me to move on and away from this issue. This […]
Jerome Page: Crude by rail, part one
FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED OR VIEWED BY TELEVISION THE RECENT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING about the crude-by-rail project being proposed by Valero, it was — or should have been — a revelation. What is most appalling about this proposal is not only its obvious dangerous potential, but the lengths being taken by Valero to cloak the […]
Jerome Page: On wealth and poverty: Part one
TODAY I PROPOSE TO ENTER THAT MUDDLED MATTER of the division of wealth in this glorious land of ours. I also note the differences in perceptions of the realities involved by political party. Lots of quoted words and a bushel of data illuminating some startling glimpses of our economy, particularly the state of our rich […]
Jerome Page: Bulletins from an exciting new battlefield
BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO ANOTHER VERSION OF MY VIEW of the social and political and environmental realities of our day, of this day and time, I am forced to hold up — to question just what I am about. Are we faced with the crisis of a climate that becomes increasingly responsive to the manifold insults […]
Jerome Page: On employer sacrifice, and employee greed
I HAVE TAKEN THE PLEDGE AND WILL REFRAIN for an (unspecified!) period from commentary concerning the central potentially overriding environmental calamity looming over our future. However, because this will be published on June 8 and that date has been designated “World Oceans Day,” I call your attention to the many powerful and fascinating (and frightening!) […]
Jerome Page: Can’t handle this cold weather?
Now that we have experienced the “pause” in global warming and have begun to rest easy about the climate future, what is there really to deter us from continuing, even increasing, our exploitation of the abundant energy available to us from shale, from oil, from coal? Obviously nothing, save for the pitiable cries of uninformed […]
Jerome Page: Forget that heat; where’s my dividend?
I OPEN TODAY WITH A DAILY KOS BULLETIN trumpeting the courageous stand just taken by the Oklahoma legislature, which by a vote of 10 to 1 moved to block acceptance of proposed statewide science standards. It was very clear that the issue of climate change content was the critical reason for the action. The Oklahoma […]
Jerome Page: Melting ice, and a salute to my critics
BEFORE MOVING TO A WARMING TOPIC, I thought to share with my readers a bit of my inspired fan mail as presented in the comments section of The Herald’s website. This is to confirm for all those who distrust my commentary that others do share their angst and that, while not quite in agreement, I […]
Jerome Page: Democracy, corporate style!
WE MOVE NOW TO THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH of that ALEC-sponsored “solution in search of a problem,” the voter ID phenomenon. To see a graphic display of the recent growth of voter ID laws, go to “Flurry of Photo ID Laws Tied to Conservative Washington Group,” by Ethan Magoc (News21), published Aug. 12, 2012. Scan down […]
Jerome Page: A fresh approach to democracy!
SURELY ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE AND STATESMANLIKE PROGRAMS being carried out by the Republican Party of the United States today is its effort to guarantee that our elections are free from the taint of “politics.” Wherever one travels, north, south, east or west, one encounters the strong hand of the GOP insuring against fraud, tightening […]