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President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 1, 2022, in Washington.

Clarence Page: President Joe Biden needed to defend himself against the ‘defund the police’ smear

March 4, 2022 at 5:58 p.m.

When President Joe Biden called for "funding the police" in his State of the Union speech, some outraged conservatives responded like a child whose favorite toy had been taken away....

President Joe Biden nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, seen Feb., 18, 2022, to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on the court.

Clarence Page: First Black woman Supreme Court nominee faces same old ‘ridiculousness’

March 1, 2022 at 6:29 p.m.

You can tell a lot about the strength of President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee by the weakness and shallowness of the political backlash against her. When Biden announced on...

A woman outside St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church on Feb. 25, 2022, in New York.

Clarence Page: We stand for democracy in Ukraine, but don’t seem so certain about the price

February 25, 2022 at 5:56 p.m.

It brings cold comfort to Mitt Romney, I'm sure, to be reminded that he was right about Vladimir Putin in 2012. But it offers a cautionary note to anybody else...

Chief Keef's hologram concert was stopped midway through the first song at Wolf Lake Memorial Park in Hammond July 25, 2015. The concert was originally planned for Chicago.

Clarence Page: This is not a ‘drill.’ NY mayor tackles Chicago-born ‘drill’ rap culture.

February 22, 2022 at 4:42 p.m.

Chicago, historically known for its jazz, blues and electronic "house" dance music, more recently has given birth to something called "drill" rap, a hip-hop subgenre that New York's new Mayor...

Satirist P.J. O'Rourke talks to a Miami University journalism class on Nov. 19, 1993, in Oxford, Ohio.

Clarence Page: After P.J. O’Rourke, who can save conservative comedy now?

February 18, 2022 at 4:49 p.m.

It was poignantly appropriate that the news of P.J. O'Rourke's death was broken by a tweet from his friend Peter Sagal, host of the Chicago-based NPR quiz show "Wait, Wait,...

Joe Rogan looks on during a UFC Fight Night event in 2015. The podcaster came to fame as a "cage-fighting commentator."

Clarence Page: We can learn to live with COVID-19, and with Joe Rogan too

February 15, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.

Since the threat of being "canceled," shamed or otherwise erased from public discourse seems to be a mark of success in media work these days, congratulations, Joe Rogan! You truly...

People wait to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square in New York in December 2021.

Clarence Page: Can we learn to live with COVID-19, before COVID-19 fatigue kills us?

February 11, 2022 at 5:28 p.m.

Can it be? Two years into our politically polarized fight to end the pandemic, COVID-19 fatigue seems to be rising faster these days than the pandemic itself. No, I haven't...

Donald Trump supporters breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington Jan. 6, 2021.

Column: GOP’s ‘legitimate’ riot gaffe shows Liz Cheney’s ‘willing hostages’ label got it right

February 8, 2022 at 5:41 p.m.

In their haste to rebuke two Republican congressmen who have condemned the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and then-President Donald Trump's role in fueling it, Republican leaders have...

Whoopi Goldberg onstage during the opening ceremony of WorldPride 2019 at Barclays Center in New York in 2019. Goldberg has apologized after she was criticized for saying that the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews "was not about race."

Clarence Page: Whoopi Goldberg’s timely teachable moment — and ours

February 4, 2022 at 3:21 p.m.

I hesitated to say anything about Whoopi Goldberg's remarks that resulted in her suspension from ABC's "The View" until I could figure out precisely what to be offended about. I...

American historian and educator Carter Godwin Woodson.

Column: Black History Month faces misguided battles over ‘discomfort’

February 1, 2022 at 5:08 p.m.

It's February, time for Black History Month to show itself off in its finest glory, even when its best wardrobe may have to include combat boots. This year, the month...

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