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Clarence Page: Donald Trump, the pope and the gospel of ‘Pulp Fiction’

Even right-wing strategist Steve Bannon has opined that the defense secretary needs to dial down...

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Clarence Page: Is the Southern Poverty Law Center indictment about fraud or something more sinister?

The federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center has all the hallmarks of political...

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Clarence Page: Pete Hegseth’s holy war

Some are comparing the war in Iran to Vietnam, and watching Pete Hegseth reminds me...

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Clarence Page: Birthright citizenship debate puts America’s melting pot on trial again

The U.S. is hardly an outlier in allowing birthright citizenship. It is the law in...

09.04.2026 10

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Clarence Page: Bill Maher, Mark Twain Prize winner, proves that free speech isn’t just for laughs

In this age of rampant left-or-right coding by humorists of all types, Bill Maher refuses...

02.04.2026 10

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Clarence Page: Pentagon’s press panic threatens august Stars and Stripes

Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell asserted that going forward, Stars and Stripes would be "by...

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s Iran war not likely the jaunt he’s trying to sell

The growing war concerns caused me to flash back to an earlier era, when an...

16.03.2026 10

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Clarence Page: ‘ICE Barbie’ is gone, but will immigration policy improve?

Department of Homeland Security agents under Kristi Noem's authority would go on to conduct brutal...

09.03.2026 10

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Clarence Page: The ripple effects of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s vision of Black economic power

Black Expo was, for many, a breakthrough for the hopes that Black Americans could build...

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Clarence Page: Attorney General Pam Bondi shows loyalty to her audience of one

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose actions have descended to a low standard, plays to...

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Clarence Page: The Rev. Jesse Jackson never lost hope in human redemption, and neither should we

I grew to appreciate the Rev. Jesse Jackson. He never stopped serving humanity.

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Clarence Page: The information war rages amid Donald Trump’s immigration chaos

The jackboots are only part of the chaos of immigration operations. Another key element is...

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Clarence Page: ICE has been accused of profiling Native Americans. What a cruel irony.

Tribal leaders in Minnesota say federal agents are detaining members in raids on immigrants because...

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Clarence Page: Guess who fears impeachment? A guy who’s been through it twice.

President Donald Trump is showing concern about the possibility of an impeachment if the GOP...

12.01.2026 20

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Clarence Page: It’s hard to hide the dysfunction of the Trump White House

As President Donald Trump oversells the fruits of his economic stewardship, controversies keep boiling.

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Clarence Page: President Donald Trump’s obsession with Somali immigrants takes a sinister turn

Even for President Donald Trump, the malevolence and vulgarity of his anti-Somali outbursts was stunning.

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Clarence Page: Border Patrol decamps from Chicago to create disorder elsewhere

Chicagoans can take a lot of pride in the help-your-neighbor spirit with which they stood...

23.11.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Jeffrey Epstein case exposes divisions in MAGA unity

A handful of Republicans do not wish to move along with their eyes averted from...

16.11.2025 20

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Clarence Page: When federal authorities disrupt the peace in the name of preserving it

President Donald Trump’s policies to tighten immigration enforcement appear to have done more to create...

09.11.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Pete Hegseth’s war on ‘woke’ is an assault on American history

Now, more than ever, it is important to remember people like soldier Milton Olive III...

02.11.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Barack Obama challenges President Donald Trump’s remap power grab

Barack Obama has lent his support to a plan to counteract Donald Trump's plans to...

26.10.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Pete Hegseth’s new rules for journalists don’t make America safer

As someone who has become accustomed to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s past excesses, I sort...

19.10.2025 40

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Clarence Page: Attorney General Pam Bondi faces critics, ‘burns’ them

In her first oversight hearing as attorney general, Pam Bondi made it clear that she...

12.10.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump faces his generals

Was an address by the president and defense secretary to military leaders a green light...

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Clarence Page: The conflict entrepreneurs behind our broken politics

Amateur social media "influencers" are free to lie and manipulate reality if they find the...

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Clarence Page: Free speech is under fire again because we need it

For now, the endless debates over free speech and hate speech are necessary to protect...

21.09.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Is another era of political violence upon us?

I remember the sort of tit-for-tat violence that plagued this country in the 1960s —...

14.09.2025 20

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Clarence Page: When the immigration debate becomes war by another name

However Americans may feel about immigration broadly speaking, most of us don't like when immigrants...

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Clarence Page: Don’t know much about history? That’s OK with President Donald Trump.

Art, like history, must never stir troubling thoughts or any critical impulses in our heads,...

24.08.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Trump’s D.C. law enforcement takeover only making matters worse

President Trump's federal takeover of the Washington, D.C., police only is sowing division.

17.08.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Time for Democrats to get serious about their political future

Are we starting to see the hardball attitude that many frustrated Democrats have been urging...

10.08.2025 20

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Clarence Page: President Donald Trump drives wedges into his own movement

The irony for Donald Trump is the fervor of the conviction that Jeffrey Epstein's crimes...

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s naming game is a pitch to his restive base

As if he didn’t have enough on his mind in late summer, President Donald Trump...

27.07.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Is the Jeffrey Epstein scandal finally behind us? Don’t bet on it.

Whether they exist or not, "the Epstein files" became a story in themselves.

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Clarence Page: Old ‘welfare queen’ legends haunt Donald Trump’s budget plan

The fact remains that Republicans are only slightly offsetting significant tax cuts for the rich...

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Clarence Page: New York’s mayoral race could be a testing ground for a Democratic comeback

Among the many postmortem conclusions in Democratic ranks is the sense that it's time for...

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Clarence Page: Did you miss a national holiday, Mr. President?

Juneteenth came and went Thursday, but curiously something seemed to be missing from the annual...

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Clarence Page: When the president’s peacemaking efforts invite more chaos

We need to give peace a chance. But peace is not what Donald Trump and...

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Clarence Page: Big, beautiful bromance breaks up — live on social media

By Thursday afternoon, White House staff were calling fracas as “the one big, beautiful breakup,”...

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Clarence Page: Hey, men, Democrats want your votes. They really do.

The decline of men and concomitant rise of women in Democratic voting ranks has been...

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Clarence Page: President Donald Trump’s grudge against South Africa is based on racist fiction

Our president is solidifying his image as a global leader of white identity politics.

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump embraces South Africans — the white ones  

In the coming week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to meet Trump at...

18.05.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Pope Leo XIV seems well loved — but for how long?

The more I have learned about Robert Prevost, the more I am reminded of what...

11.05.2025 10

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Clarence Page: Let’s take advantage of the crime downturn to learn what’s gone right

Amid all the executive orders, will the president and his MAGA movement notice the good...

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Clarence Page: Sen. Dick Durbin’s departure stirs a scramble amid a new generation

As President Donald Trump’s polling takes a tumble 100 days into his second term —...

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Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown enters the Twilight Zone

The Trump administration has admitted to an “administrative error” in Abrego Garcia's case, yet it...

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Clarence Page: Trump and Vance raise puzzling question at the Smithsonian. What’s ‘improper ideology’?

In his executive order, Trump called for reshaping the Smithsonian into a “symbol of inspiration...

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Clarence Page: In Wisconsin, Elon Musk turned fame and wealth into votes but not victory

Elon Musk's defeat in Wisconsin last Tuesday night was a new sign of energy on...

06.04.2025 20

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Clarence Page: Signalgate reveals Donald Trump’s backward-looking military view 

A hard-won Senate confirmation was not enough to keep the aroma of scandal away from...

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Clarence Page: President Donald Trump loves free speech, as long as it’s his

President Donald Trump and the GOP have called themselves the party of free speech. But...

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