Clarence Page – Page 39

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Column: Did Black Lives Matter trigger the Jan. 6 Capitol attack? That’s a stretch.

September 14, 2021 at 5:39 p.m.

I appreciate constructive criticism, even when I think the critic is full of prunes. But that fortunately was not the case in an email I received from a reader in...

People flee the scene near New York's World Trade Center after terrorists crashed two planes into the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001.

Column: What have we learned about ourselves since 9/11? Not enough.

September 10, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

As I recall the horrors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, I want to express my forgiveness of Karlheinz Stockhausen, a noted German composer who, at that tragic time two...

A group of military families and veterans in Long Beach, California, watch President Joe Biden's speech announcing that all troops are out of Afghanistan on Aug. 31, 2021.

Column: After Afghanistan, veterans face another hidden enemy. Suicide.

September 7, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.

As much as they try, soldiers returning home from combat don't always manage to leave the war behind on the battlefield. That's why, as the Taliban militia rolled with surprising...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in San Antonio on March 16, 2020. The Texas law, allowed to stand in a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, typically around six weeks.

Column: No, Texas’ abortion law isn’t a Taliban idea, even if the alliteration works

September 3, 2021 at 4:31 p.m.

It didn't take much longer than a nanosecond after the Supreme Court allowed a radical Texas anti-abortion law to take effect before the social media hashtag TexanTaliban went viral. What?...

Column: With Afghanistan in the rearview mirror, have we learned the lessons of Vietnam this time?

August 31, 2021 at 2:45 p.m.

Watching the last American military plane go wheels up and out of the Afghanistan War reminded me of an old saying: History often repeats itself, but a lot of us...

Melody Black cries as she kneels by a makeshift memorial for Ashli Babbitt outside the United States Capitol on Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington.

Column: Was Ashli Babbitt a ‘martyr’ or just misled?

August 27, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

Was Ashli Babbitt a "terrorist" or a "freedom fighter?" I'm more accustomed to hearing that question asked about insurgents in countries less developed than this one. But, the Jan. 6...

A man wears a T-shirt with a message ahead of former President Donald Trump's "Save America" rally at York Family Farms on Aug. 21, 2021, in Cullman, Alabama.

Column: Donald Trump can’t cram his ‘fake news’ genie back in his bottle

August 24, 2021 at 5:21 p.m.

In case you missed it, dear reader, here's a word from the wise: Don't eat horse paste. Unless, of course, you're a horse. That tidbit of animal husbandry comes from...

People wait for a bus on the 100 block of North Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Loop on Aug. 9, 2021.

Column: New census shows fewer white Americans, but that’s because of how we’re counting

August 20, 2021 at 2:51 p.m.

Are you alarmed or reassured by headlines that show "America's white population is shrinking"? Where you stand, as the old saying goes, depends on where you sit. I think everyone...

President Joe Biden walks from the East Room after talking about Afghanistan at the White House on Aug. 16, 2021.

Column: President Biden’s Afghan pullout looked good — until it didn’t

August 18, 2021 at 10:04 a.m.

In the lead-up to Kabul's fall, President Joe Biden's most memorable quote appears to be his answer on July 8 to a reporter's question about an assessment from the intelligence...

J.D. Vance speaks with venture capitalists during a 2018 bus tour in Youngstown, Ohio. Vance, author of the bestseller "Hillbilly Elegy," said on July 1, 2021, that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Senate in Ohio.

Column: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author throws hat in the ring — and it’s a MAGA hat

August 13, 2021 at 5:23 p.m.

Ever since I first wrote about bestselling author J.D. Vance as a "Trump translator," people have wanted me to be a Vance explainer. That's OK. I explain things for a...

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