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Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., leaves a room during a break in a public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, on June 13, 2022, in Washington.

Clarence Page: Looking for GOP peace in our disunited states of resentment

June 21, 2022 at 5:05 p.m.

While some people wonder whether we're on the brink of a second Civil War, I sometimes wonder whether we ever really finished the first one. The Juneteenth holiday weekend, a...

J. Michael Luttig, a retired U.S. Appeals Court judge, departs on June 16, 2022, after testifying before a hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol in Washington.

Clarence Page: Congress needs to protect future elections too

June 17, 2022 at 5:25 p.m.

Sometimes in the art of political stagecraft, an entire debate can shift on a single statement. Former Nixon aide John Dean comes to mind. His declaration during the Watergate hearings...

Chesa Boudin prepares to concede at his recall party at The Ramp on June 7, 2022, in San Francisco. San Francisco residents voted to recall Boudin, a progressive, following a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety reform.

Clarence Page: ‘Law and order’ should be more than a GOP slogan

June 15, 2022 at 9:21 a.m.

As they were preparing to go to the airport to visit their new grandchildren, two friends of mine were robbed recently outside their Kenwood co-op building near the University of...

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin addresses supporters after being recalled from office at a primary election night event in San Francisco on June 7, 2022.

Clarence Page: Why San Francisco’s progressive prosecutor Chesa Boudin lost after Kim Foxx won

June 10, 2022 at 5:15 p.m.

My condolences to Chesa Boudin, the by-now-famous San Francisco district attorney who lost a recall election Tuesday. The polls saw it coming. As expected, his loss is being celebrated with...

U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally April 9, 2022, in Selma, North Carolina.

Clarence Page: ‘Extremism fatigue’ in politics? Get used to it.

June 7, 2022 at 6:08 p.m.

I was amused by an "unscientific opinion" survey of Republican primary voters in Arizona's heated race for Democrat Mark Kelly's Senate seat. Many said they'd grown tired of Republican candidates'...

Actor Amber Heard waits before the verdict is read at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 1, 2022.

Clarence Page: Could Johnny Depp’s win against Amber Heard deal a blow to free speech?

June 3, 2022 at 4:26 p.m.

Whatever you may think about the courtroom drama between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard — and just about everybody seems to have something to say about this star-studded...

A photo of Amerie Jo Garza, 10, who died in the mass shooting, is placed at a makeshift memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 30, 2022.

Clarence Page: As Congress debates, more gun buyers seek ‘safety’ on their own

May 31, 2022 at 3:36 p.m.

It's still hard to fathom the horrors reported from the mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers shot to death at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, but...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shakes hands with an attendee at a prayer vigil held for the Rob Elementary School shooting victims on May 25, 2022, in Uvalde.

Clarence Page: Texas, keep Chicago’s gun violence woes out of your mouths

May 27, 2022 at 5:18 p.m.

Leave it to the supposedly serious Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, faced with the unspeakable horror of 19 children and two adults slaughtered in one of his state's elementary schools,...

People embrace near a memorial for the shooting victims outside Tops grocery store on May 20, 2022, in Buffalo, New York.

Clarence Page: After Buffalo, what do we have left to feel good about?

May 24, 2022 at 7:28 p.m.

Black Americans overwhelmingly fear another racial massacre, according to a nationwide poll after the mass shooting in Buffalo, while white Americans overwhelmingly don't. That's a startling statistic, yet also sadly...

Clarence Page: Don’t be duped by ‘replacement theory.’ Put race in its proper place.

May 20, 2022 at 6:41 p.m.

I know it happens a lot, but we in the news media perform a public disservice when we run headlines like "The US white majority will soon disappear forever" and...

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