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Faith leaders pray with President Donald Trump during a rally for evangelical supporters at the King Jesus International Ministry church on Jan. 3, 2020, in Miami.

Clarence Page: When Donald Trump divides the house at church

August 23, 2023 at 9:59 a.m.

As a voting bloc, evangelical Christians have expressed such an airtight loyalty to former President Donald Trump that moderates are bracing themselves in this election cycle like a family that...

Edward G. Robinson is shown in a vintage 1931 lobbycard as Chicago crime boss Johnny Rico in "Little Caesar."

Clarence Page: Georgia’s case against Donald Trump’s team shows the real crime — against voters

August 20, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Are you the sort of aging baby boomer who can't hear the opening notes of Rossini's "William Tell Overture" without thinking of the Lone Ranger? That's me. Similarly, I can't...

Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher on the bench during the first half of a game against the Buffalo Bills in Baltimore in 2010.

Clarence Page: Will the upending of the ‘Blind Side’ story help chill Hollywood’s ‘white savior’ complex?

August 16, 2023 at 11:06 a.m.

Too bad. I really wanted to believe "The Blind Side," even though I knew it was sort of a fairy tale for grown-ups — or for kids who want to...

The Harriott, a riverboat, remains docked on Aug. 8, 2023, on the Alabama riverfront in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.

Clarence Page: Why #MontgomeryRiverfrontBrawl gained new meaning in Black conversations

August 13, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

It's summertime but, contrary to George Gershwin's classic tune from "Porgy and Bess," the livin' was not easy at the event memorialized in a social media hashtag as simply #MontgomeryRiverfrontBrawl....

A photograph of Sen. Josh Hawley pumping his fist toward the rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, is shown during a hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 21, 2022, in Washington.

Clarence Page: A crisis of masculinity? More like politics as usual.

August 9, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Perhaps it's only coincidental but this, the summer of "Barbie," also is the summer of our discontent in politics — over manhood. Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, helped to...

A statue of Thomas Jefferson standing next to a stack of bricks marked with the names of people he enslaved is exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016.

Clarence Page: Slavery has benefits, Gov. DeSantis? Only when it stops.

August 6, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Standing his ground, even as it turns into political quicksand beneath his feet, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has dug in his heels to defend a barely defensible passage in his...

Ryan Gosling, left, as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in" Barbie.".

Clarence Page: Don’t worry, Ken, there’s room in Barbie’s world

August 2, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Let's hear it for Ken. Yes, I'm talking about the Mattel doll or, as my son called him in his day care days, "Barbie's action figure." My wife and I...

David Grusch, a former intelligence officer, is sworn in July 26, 2023, before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Clarence Page: Can Congress pry our government’s UFO ‘X-Files’ open? The truth is still out there.

July 28, 2023 at 6:32 p.m.

At last, in the swampy heat of late-summer Washington, Congress appears to have stumbled across an issue on which both of our contentious political parties find remarkable agreement: UFOs. Or...

Jason Aldean on stage during third day of CMA Fest 2023 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Clarence Page: Jason Aldean’s dream is my nightmare

July 25, 2023 at 6:12 p.m.

Summer is almost half over, and I'm still looking to see what the "song of the summer" is going to be. That's not as easy to determine as it used...

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, left, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Air Force Gen. Charles Brown in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 11, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Clarence Page: A ‘woke’ military? Don’t forget the messy race relations that got us here.

July 24, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Recent Republican moves to limit diversity training and transgender rights and other hot-button controversies stemming from the annual defense authorization bill remind me of my own days in uniform back...

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