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Clarence Page: Time to turn off the gas in political ‘gaslighting’

November 29, 2022 at 5:27 p.m.

It's not hard to understand why Merriam-Webster, the dictionary giant, chose "gaslighting" as their "word of the year" for 2022. I was only surprised that it took so long. Rolling...

Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, receives a bivalent COVID-19 booster Nov. 22, 2022, from pharmacist Atenea Gazdziak in Chicago, after encouraging people to get vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19 variants.

Clarence Page: ‘Tripledemic’? As if the pandemic isn’t enough.

November 27, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Have you ever been so sick you couldn't get into bed? Yes, you read me right. I've had the experience of being too sick to get out of bed before....

Debbie Bigler, 66, from left, Colleen Minisce, 61, and Janis Kramer, 75, all members of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, prepare to march in the Veterans Day parade in Milwaukee on Nov. 5, 2022. Kramer, right, has been a Dancing Granny for about 19 years. Bigler and Minisce are among a crop of newer members who are helping the Grannies rebuild.

Clarence Page: Despite today’s bad news, good people offer good reasons to give thanks

November 22, 2022 at 5:07 p.m.

In a world boiling over with bad news, you can find it increasingly hard to pause and seriously ponder the value of giving thanks, even on the holiday created for...

Dave Chappelle onstage during the 36th annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland on Oct. 30, 2021.

Clarence Page: Sometimes offensive comedy is just lazy laughs

November 18, 2022 at 6:56 p.m.

When Dave Chappelle was announced as the host of this past weekend's "Satuday Night Live," I wondered how he was going to handle it. Was he going to make fun...

Filmmaker Michael Moore speaks at a rally for then-presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in Ames, Iowa, on Jan. 25, 2020.

Clarence Page: Michael Moore got the last laugh this Election Day

November 15, 2022 at 5:15 p.m.

When filmmaker-activist Michael Moore, a Democrat, went against the conventional wisdom that was expecting a Republican "red wave" sweeping the midterm elections, I feared Moore had become unmoored. I wasn't...

People march in protest through downtown Chicago on June 25, 2022, following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Clarence Page: A new generation offers new hope for abortion rights

November 11, 2022 at 5:42 p.m.

Elections send messages. When the voters failed to come up with the "red wave" for which Republicans dreamed, they did happen to send a very different message of hope: Reproductive...

Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, on March 22, 2022.

Clarence Page: Is Elon Musk still trying to figure this Twitter thing out?

November 8, 2022 at 5:12 p.m.

After closing his $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter, Elon Musk still seemed to be trying to figure out what he had bought. On Friday the world's richest man cut...

President Joe Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee event at Union Station in Washington on Nov. 2, 2022.

Clarence Page: By the way, this time democracy itself is on the ballot

November 4, 2022 at 4:51 p.m.

In his highly publicized speech on the perils facing American democracy this midterm Election Day President Joe Biden was largely preaching to the choir. The sermon needs to be preached,...

Kanye West, now known as Ye, in New York on Sept. 12, 2022. The German sportswear giant Adidas cut ties with the rapper and designer over his antisemitic outbursts and other provocations.

Clarence Page: As the former Kanye West sows, so may Ye reap

October 28, 2022 at 7:11 p.m.

Again, I'm hearing the exasperated buzz in the air over a long-nagging question: What are we to do about Kanye? Except recently the question has changed in tune with the...

Diners outside in Chicago's West Loop on Sept. 30, 2021.

Clarence Page: Low-wage food workers need better wages, more than tips

October 21, 2022 at 5:22 p.m.

As our pre-pandemic way of life struggles to make a comeback — which I, for one, am rooting for it to do — one tradition that I greet with mixed...

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