
Susan's Page voices Susan Page’s views on social and political issues facing the state of Hawaii, and the nation. Susan Page, entrepeneur and founder of international fashion and photo companies, is vice president Coffee Enterprises, Inc. A military daughter, wife, and mother, Page often focuses on issues relating to our servicemen and women. She has been a MidWeek columnist since 1992.
Below are the last 5 columns written by Susan Page
In the pitch dark, Neema, 9, lies awake dreaming on the little mattress she shares with another. First she prays for her mother, who’s having a hard time, then for her little brother Wilson, 6, asleep just the other side of a corrugated tin wall. She knows of no father (but her “Heavenly” one).
With change accelerating all around, more and more we need understanding and appreciation of those principles upon which the republic was founded. What were those ‘self-evident’ truths that so many risked their lives for?
Read Column>>Silver anniversaries are big: Twenty-five years in a consistent relationship is no small accomplishment in a “sound bite” society.
A column I wrote a few weeks ago against a Legislature-proposed ban on plastic grocery bags provoked some, let’s say, spirited feedback. All missed my point entirely. So, rather than assume that certain reader viewpoints are so ingrained they fail to even consider a different perspective, I will clarify my position.
I’ve just learned what my friends who are already grandmothers have long known about a first granddaughter: It is the first baby ever born. Never mind defying facts like past and present civilization, Adam and Eve, and that my daughter had to be born first for this new child to occur.