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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s pardons must not lead to the unpardonable

Hindsight, as the old saying goes, is always 20/20. That thought came to mind after...

26.01.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream still offers a great agenda

As we are about to mark the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday,...

19.01.2025 3

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Clarence Page: Jimmy Carter’s funeral brought a rare and much-needed vision of peace

Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered as “something of a miracle.”

13.01.2025 10

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Clarence Page: MAGA takes on Elon Musk’s ‘tech bros’ and their need for immigrant labor

The tech oligarchs who played a decisive role in Donald Trump's reelection want immigrant labor...

06.01.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Behind the ‘Lie of the Year’ about Haitian immigrants are some bitter truths

Donald Trump's victory has much to do with the immigration issue. In the spin of...

30.12.2024 3

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Clarence Page: Elon Musk takes on Washington, but can he take it over?

Watching the year-end budget fights in Congress as we await the second term of President-elect Donald Trump, I find myself wondering: Will this era...

22.12.2024 5

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Clarence Page: Kash Patel and his ‘bureau of intimidation’

Donald Trump political loyalist Kash Patel, nominated to head the FBI, conjures memories of J....

15.12.2024 4

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Clarence Page: Democrats have work to do to reclaim the mantle of change

Democrats are trying to determine if Election Day was a circumstantial setback or the unfolding...

01.12.2024 4

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s Cabinet of the mediocre invites possible catastrophe

“Kakistocracy” is trending again, very likely in response to Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees.

24.11.2024 5

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Clarence Page: How Democrats let a rising generation of supporters slip away

Donald Trump’s winning strategy involved luring and enlisting a mostly male-oriented following that was largely...

17.11.2024 20

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Clarence Page: Will Democrats learn from a humiliating loss?

After Tuesday's crushing defeat, the Democrats still have a lot to learn, particularly about some...

10.11.2024 20

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Clarence Page: The presidential campaign season ends on cruel notes

I long for the days when candidates spoke not only to their loyal base but...

03.11.2024 3

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Clarence Page: Is Donald Trump a fascist at heart? Close enough for me.

In this year's campaign, Trump has considered no epithet too vile to be off-limits. It's...

28.10.2024 3

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s ‘day of love’ was far from lovely

That the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is so close is a bit...

20.10.2024 10

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump, spreader of conspiracy theories, is making hurricane-related pain worse

There is nothing funny about the increasingly bizarre and misleading claims circulating about the federal...

13.10.2024 5

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump ‘saved’ Obamcare? Now that’s a whopper.

You don't have to be a fact checker to know that Donald Trump and JD...

06.10.2024 4

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Clarence Page: ‘Rhetoric’ has scary consequences for Springfield, Ohio

Rumors of pet killing and eating turn out to have a long history as a...

23.09.2024 6

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Clarence Page: Kamala Harris makes the most of her chances, while Donald Trump phones it in

Kamala Harris understood Donald Trump's deepest insecurities, and she wasted no time in coaxing her...

15.09.2024 7

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Clarence Page: Our nation’s symbols belong to all Americans

Donald Trump's Arlington cemetery controversy shows the daunting task of protecting our national symbols from...

08.09.2024 4

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Clarence Page: Tim Walz helps Democrats offer voters a better reflection of themselves

After years of Democrats being cast as out-of-touch cultural elites, Tim Walz and his family...

25.08.2024 3

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Clarence Page: Maybe it’s in the air. A timely step towards semiretirement.

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18.08.2024 2

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Clarence Page: Biden’s campaign exit has Trump flailing, sort of like a sputtering helicopter

Donald Trump's bizarre story of a fraught helicopter ride with Willie Brown has Clarence Page...

14.08.2024 2

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Clarence Page: Why ‘stolen valor’ political fights are so intense — and misplaced in the cases of Walz and Vance

Republican attacks on Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz for military credits they say he...

11.08.2024 3

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump and the ‘controversy’ over Kamala Harris’ racial identity

Donald Trump's questioning of Kamala Harris' racial identity at a confab of Black journalists would...

07.08.2024 30

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Clarence Page: Biden hangs on, but the questions persist about whether he should continue to run

The rumors were swirling that Joe Biden would announce he was bowing out of the...

14.07.2024 50

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