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Romney Continues to Debate Himself
The Chicago Tribune‘s Clarence Page gives his take on “the chameleon’s” recent performance. President Barack Obama’s final debate with Mitt Romney wasn’t nearly as fascinating as the debate that Romney appeared to be having with himself … With foreign policy as the topic, Romney slid even further away in this debate from the self-described “severely…
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Why We Tolerate Hateful Speech
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says, “Hate-mongers and race-baiters have new media power, but the rest of us don’t need to take the bait.” Outrage over the rude and crude video fueled violent protests at U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya, Egypt and Yemen that led to the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others…
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Team Romney's War Against Facts
The Chicago Tribune‘s Clarence Page, who admits that both major political parties “shade the truth,” says the Romney campaign is especially bad. It’s hard to tell who had a looser grip on reality as the Republican National Convention wrapped up — Clint Eastwood or Mitt Romney’s spin doctors… [T]here’s no excuse for the fantasies repeated…
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Romney's Tin Ear for Humor
The Chicago Tribune‘s Clarence Page says the Republican presidential hopeful shouldn’t joke about birth certificates or anything else, because he’s simply not good at it. After months of running about even with the president, despite high unemployment, Romney’s embarrassing attempts at humor feed an image he would rather not send: a well-meaning straight arrow who…
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Romney's Welfare Queen
In his Chicago Tribune column, Clarence Page argues that Mitt Romney’s assault on President Obama’s welfare-reform policy actually gets in the way of putting its recipients to work. In a July 12 directive, the Obama administration invited the states to apply for waivers from welfare reform rules that require recipients to get a job, seek…
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My Quest for Commonsense Gun Laws
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page has a question for politicians who claim to want sensible gun legislation: What are you waiting for? In the wake of the Colorado catastrophe, in which a maniac shooter killed at least a dozen people in a theater showing the latest Batman movie, everyone seems to be calling for “common-sense”…
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Why So Vague, 'Obamacare' Opponents?
Clarence Page writes at the Sun Sentinel that few conservatives in leadership positions have offered much in the way of a serious alternative to the president’s Affordable Care Act. Now that Chief Justice John Roberts has upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law, the chief has fallen off so many conservative Christmas lists that some…
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Is Narcissism Our National Passion?
In his Chicago Tribune column, Clarence Page contemplates whether “mirror kissing” has become a hallmark of American life. Psychological experts are engaged in a heated debate over a curiously underappreciated issue of our times: Should “narcissistic personality disorder” continue to viewed as a mental illness? Or should we concede, in my view, that mirror-kissing personalities…
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Rich Diddy Isn't the Problem; Inequality Is
In his Chicago Tribune column, Clarence Page argues that outrage over Justin Combs’ college scholarship is misplaced. Critics are outraged that UCLA, strapped for cash in California’s budget crisis, awarded a $54,000 merit-based athletic scholarship to Justin Combs, son of hip-hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs, who hardly needs the cash. You don’t have to live…
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