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Clarence Page
Page is a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist specializing in urban issues. He is based in Washington, D.C. E-mail: cptime@aol.comSubscribe to Clarence Page RSS Article Feed.
Recent Articles
- Memo to Obama: Dumb it Down - September 16, 2008
- Do I sound condescending? Do I sound like I am talking down to Joe and Josephine SixPack out there in working class America? No way. I come from working class America. I...
- Time for Obama to Change the Game - September 13, 2008
- Yet, on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, our national presidential debate found itself hung up on pig's lips. McCain's campaign accused Obama of...
- 'Pit Bull' Palin Raises Biting Questions - September 9, 2008
- With polls showing more than 80 percent of voters think the country is headed in the wrong direction, McCain embraced the message that voters want "change," which has...
- Don't 'Misunderestimate' Palin's Power - September 6, 2008
- Kerry's speech was all but buried in the lingering buzz about the speech given two nights earlier by the skinny biracial Senate candidate with the funny name. Now Obama...
- Confessions of a Third-Rate Sexist - September 2, 2008
- Nor has anyone, as far as I know, objected when I have called, say, Sen. Barack Obama, McCain's Democratic opponent, a "young man" or a "young guy." He's 47. Palin is...
- Quality of Leadership Counts - August 30, 2008
- If Obama's resume in national and foreign affairs is "thin," as his critics point out, you could read a newspaper through Palin's. She stands out in stark contrast to...
- Does King Plus 45 Equal Obama? - August 26, 2008
- It was a big deal to watch the live black-and-white TV images of King making his historic speech. It was King's dream that everyone would be judged "not by the color of...
- McCain Goes For the Mud - August 23, 2008
- His staff? You know you're doing pretty good in life when you have to ask your staff how many houses you own.McCain's embarrassment was compounded when his staff, caught...
- Helping Boys Without Hurting Girls - August 19, 2008
- Alas, the news comes too late to help former Harvard President Lawrence Summers.Back in 2005 the National Organization for Women, among other enraged parties, called for...
- Obama vs. Bigots and 'Swift Books' - August 16, 2008
- "It will be a beautiful day when the masses look at the paper and truly realize they have lost their own country," says one of the postings spotted by Mark Potok, who...
- Edwards' Sin Against Journalism - August 12, 2008
- Unlike the Enquirer's last big baby gotcha -- its revelation of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's out-of-wedlock child in 2000 -- none of the principle parties in the Edwards...
- Obama Hasn't Closed the Deal Yet - August 5, 2008
- Yet after running as much as nine points ahead of McCain in major polls, Obama's lead has mostly evaporated, especially in key Midwestern industrial swing states like...
- McCain vs. Obama Ad Wars Heat Up - August 2, 2008
- As attack ads go, this one seems notably inept -- at least at first glance. There's no doomsday voiceover, no sharks-in-the-water music, no grainy slow-motion close-up...
- Obama, McCain Bridge a Race Gap - July 29, 2008
- Yet, his opposition to race-based hiring quotas did not stop him from opposing a similar plan proposed by the Arizona legislature 10 years ago. "Rather than engage in...
- Our Biggest Bias: A Big Story - July 22, 2008
- Even liberals who disagree with him politically have a lot of affection for the Arizona senator as a man and a maverick, even when he's been talking a lot less maverick...
- Jesse Jackson's N-Word 'Gotcha' - July 19, 2008
- Am I surprised by Jackson's use of the N-word? Not really. I was more shocked to hear that so many other people are shocked, especially non-African Americans.Ethnic...
- Obama Cover Has Bite, Benefits - July 15, 2008
- It shows Obama in the Oval Office dressed in Arabic robes. He is exchanging a congratulatory fist bump with his wife Michelle, who is dressed like a 1960s-style militant...
- Jesse Jackson's Obama Trauma - July 12, 2008
- Remember the old saying about how character is what you do when nobody's looking? Jackson's inflammatory whispers suggest a new twist: Character is what you do when you...
- Obama's Surge to the Middle - July 8, 2008
- In recent weeks the likely Democratic presidential nominee has taken that risky road. He has softened or abandoned his earlier positions on a parade of issues, including...
- Mugabe Betrays African Dreams - July 5, 2008
- There's a man who was attacked and beaten after sitting down to eat dinner.There's another killed while tending his garden.There's a woman whose targeted husband was not...
- Neither Side Has a Monopoly on Patriotism - July 1, 2008
- Obama, like any other candidate, has to address the unspoken anxieties of Middle America, including anxieties they might have about him. Obama's support during the...
- Drug Wars Next Door - Chicago Tribune - June 28, 2008
- Race, Gender: Dueling Discontents - Chicago Tribune - June 2, 2008
- Obama, Clinton and the Endgame - Chicago Tribune - May 24, 2008
- Obama's Culture War - Chicago Tribune - May 17, 2008
- Leaving Wright's America For Obama's - Chicago Tribune - May 3, 2008
- Reverse Snobbery on the Campaign Trail - Chicago Tribune - April 15, 2008
- Have Blacks Reached the Promised Land? - Chicago Tribune - April 1, 2008
- Context Missing From Wright Issue - Chicago Tribune - March 25, 2008