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Clarence Page: Haiti’s tragic history just keeps repeating itself
27 Mar 2024 10:44 GMT
In Haiti, history repeats itself — repeatedly.
And for what remains of Haiti’s troubled government, history seems to keep getting worse.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and Kenyan President William Ruto signed an agreement in early March to fast-track a …
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Clarence Page: Is it an electric car or a Bidenmobile? Greening of transportation gets political.
24 Mar 2024 10:14 GMT
When you think about it, there’s not much rational reason for electric vehicles to be a partisan political issue. But, as we all should know by now, election-year politics do not have to be rational. They only have to reflect what the players think will …
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Letter: ‘Goon squad’ trial unveils racist tactics
29 Mar 2024 12:26 GMT
… a red state.Meanwhile, the Clarence Page commentary questions why there is …
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Clarence Page: The busting of the myth of Donald Trump’s business genius
20 Mar 2024 11:03 GMT
How embarrassing. Donald Trump’s well-known history of financial exaggeration appears to be catching up to him in a very inconvenient place, a courtroom.
After years of his colorful boasts about his wealth and financial savvy, Trump’s own lawyers delivered …
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Opinion: Clarence Page: For one night, Biden was the media master while Trump was fumbling
17 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT
… not too old to learn.
Clarence Page at cpage@chicagotribune.com.
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Clarence Page: This time Trump really does seem to be making Black voter inroads. Why?
17 Mar 2024 10:32 GMT
Reports that Donald Trump has made surprising gains among Black voters have raised understandable alarm among my Democratic-leaning friends.
And it’s small wonder. Despite anecdotal reports that Trump had made some inroads with Blacks in 2020, he won just …
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Clarence Page: Rep. Ken Buck’s sudden retirement yet another setback for a reeling GOP House leadership
14 Mar 2024 10:19 GMT
Ken Buck is fed up.
The Republican lawmaker from eastern Colorado already announced (last November) that he would retire from Congress at the end of his term. But now that apparently is not soon enough.
On Tuesday, he abruptly surprised many on Capitol …
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Clarence Page: For one night, Biden was the media master while Trump was fumbling
10 Mar 2024 10:17 GMT
Ah, such embarrassment.
Presidential campaigns will always surprise you, but I didn’t expect Donald Trump, a tireless master of media, to be tripped up by his own social media platform.
Trump had announced before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union …
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Opinion: Haiti’s tragic history on replay
28 Mar 2024 23:13 GMT
… given more of a chance.
— Clarence Page is a columnist for Tribune …
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Clarence Page: Immigration is on Americans’ minds. And politicians are seizing the opportunity.
06 Mar 2024 12:23 GMT
When I saw Donald Trump take an interest in the horrible killing of a Georgia nursing student, I was swept by a profound sense of having been here before.
In 2015, Trump made a national cause out of the fatal shooting of Kate Steinle in San Francisco, …