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Retro TV Revisits Birth of Culture Wars
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says that retro TV dramas such as Mad Men and The Playboy Club offer a view of sexism and other problems in a comfortably safe form for today’s audiences. Do “Mad Men,” “Pan Am,” “The Playboy Club” and BBC America‘s “The Hour” exploit society’s barely suppressed appetite for a more…
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Ron Paul's Harsh Definition of Freedom
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says that to be fair to the libertarian-minded Ron Paul, he did not say during a recent debate that people without health insurance should be left to die. But his idea of freedom that might lead people to draw such a conclusion. This impression was unfortunately encouraged by some of…
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Debt Deal a 'Sugarcoated Satan Sandwich'
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page reviews acrimonious language across both sides of the aisle before the vote to raise the debt ceiling. A “sugar-coated Satan sandwich.” That’s what Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat and chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, called the bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling — as he announced he was voting for…
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Do Black Voters Have Obama Blues?
Citing a recent poll showing a steep decline in the number of African Americans who believe that President Obama has helped the economy, Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune evaluates whether Obama is losing his voter base. It is only in comparison to today’s Republican Party, divided between its old-school establishment and its tea party…
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Norway Terrorist: His Own Worst Enemy
Clarence Page, in his column in the Chicago Tribune, takes a look at how delusional people often demonize others for what they see in themselves. Anders Behring Breivik, the far-far-right-wing monster charged in Norway with the biggest mass murder by a single gunman in modern memory, reminds me of how often delusional minds hate others…
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