Clarence Page: My surprisingly fond farewell to Jerry Springer
Some television hosts might hang their heads in shame if their show was dubbed "Worst TV show in history." Jerry Springer wore it like a badge of honor. "It's hard...
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Clarence Page: Who is to be held accountable for Emmett Till’s death, now that the witnesses are gone?
The last survivor of the historical horror widely known as "the lynching of Emmett Till" has died, leaving behind an infuriating amount of unanswered questions. Carolyn Bryant Donham died in...
Clarence Page: No tears for Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, who should have known better
With the departures of cable TV stars Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, surprisingly announced on the same day, we can see how birds of a feather can get clobbered together....
Clarence Page: Note to my fellow grumpy old men: Don’t reach too quickly for your firearms
I don't sympathize in any way with Andrew Lester, but I think I understand him. From what I hear through the media, he sounds like a fellow grumpy old man....
Clarence Page: Enough flowery speeches, Mr. Mayor-elect. It’s time to move on to governing.
It's summertime, and the living is queasy. That's the best I can say for the continuing sense of foreboding and possible catastrophe that remains in the wake of Chicago's recent...
Clarence Page: GOP, beware. Abortion politics are firing up both sides.
Remember how conservatives used to decry "judicial activism?"? As I recall, that was before they began to see an advantage in some judicial activism of their own. In its simplest...
Clarence Page: Even a majority needs to share the microphone
Sometimes, majority rules. Sometimes it's just cruel. Some people can't seem to tell the difference. That's one lesson to be drawn from Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two Black Democratic...
Clarence Page: Justice Clarence Thomas’ appearance of impropriety? We’ll be the judge.
It must be more than a little embarrassing for a Supreme Court justice to lament that he took some bad legal advice. But the embarrassment will be worth it for...
Clarence Page: How Mickey Mouse outwitted Florida’s governor
At the Walt Disney Co., "The Empire Strikes Back" is more than a title of one of its "Star Wars" movies. It also describes how Disney's chief executive, Bob Iger...
Clarence Page: Equal justice, even for Donald Trump and other suspects
Yusef Salaam, whom you may remember as one of the exonerated Central Park Five, had only one word to tweet to those who wanted to know his feelings about the...