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The Super Committee: How Not to Cut a Deal
In his Chicago Tribune column, Clarence Page reflects on the congressional super committee’s failure to reach a deal, saying that members should have borrowed a page from old-school politicians who used to strike deals in smoke-filled rooms. While they can do without the smoke, today’s leaders could definitely learn something about the art of the…
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Why Newt Gingrich Is Rising in the Polls
GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s recent rise in the polls has less to do with his viability as a candidate than the so-called anybody-but-Mitt movement, Clarence Page writes in his Chicago Tribune column. Still, he writes, Mitt Romney has the best chance to capture the nomination because ultimately Gingrich has too much baggage. And now…
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Liberals Still Fighting Old Culture Wars
While members of an outraged liberal group have called on MSNBC to fire Pat Buchanan for his so-called white-supremacist views, Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page argues that he should stay in place to allow his opinions to discredit themselves. The calls for Buchanan’s ouster come on the heels of his recent remarks and the release…
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GOP Campaign vs. the World
In his Chicago Tribune column, Clarence Page writes that knowledgeable politicians have a choice when it comes to complex issues like foreign relations: They can try to educate the public or they can try to stoke voters’ fears, anger, resentments and suspicions. Republican presidential candidates appear to have decided that no knowledge is best and…
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Herman Cain's Racial Offense
In his Chicago Tribune column, Clarence Page says that the Tea Party appears to be delighted that their support for Herman Cain proves that they are not racist. Unfortunately, based on his language, Cain doesn’t seem to like black people much. It says a lot about America’s racial progress that the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO…
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Barack Obama's Lonely Presidency
In his Chicago Tribune column, Clarence Page challenges the latest media depiction of President Barack Obama as the kind of liberal who loves humanity but hates people. He says the unfavorable narrative could prove disastrous in the upcoming election year. News media depict presidencies as long-running soap operas. The story doesn’t end, but it goes…
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