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By Vesper J. Snow, columnist The Page and Shenandoah Valley have holiday traditions that our ancestors brought from native countries. This is no surprise and doesn’t seem like an earth shattering sentence, but some of […]

By Paul Quigg, columnist I am finding it very difficult to understand the predictions of climate disasters during the recent warm spell. A yearly UN IPCC climate meeting is coming up soon and the activists are […]

By Paul Quigg, columnist The world is in a headlong rush to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Wind, solar, electric vehicles, electric appliances, energy conservation, hydrogen, and on and on. We are very good at […]

By Paul Quigg, columnist So much for the good news, let’s get back to the juicy bad news. Just kidding. Maybe. The question concerns the relationship between the cost of mitigation, which is local, regional, […]

By Paul Quigg, columnist Time for some good news to put things in perspective. We get so caught up in bad news, we’ve forgotten the abundance of wonderful things which have made our lives easier […]

By Paul Quigg, columnist When actions we take today will not have an immediate impact on our lives, we immediately discount today’s action and get on with our lives. The further in the future that […]