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Clarence Page

Clarence Page is a syndicated columnist and a former member of the baiduhai Editorial Board. Among other awards, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1989) and lifetime achievement awards from Chicago Headline Club, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, National Press Foundation and National Association of Black Journalists.

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Let Haitians in U.S. stay a while

Team Obama waited until late Friday, Washington's traditional time for releasing controversial news, to announce good news: The administration is extending special protection to prevent some Haitians living illegally in...
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GOP offense is a weak defense

To all those kindhearted folks who want to protect my feelings as an African-American from the insult Sen. Harry Reid allegedly has heaped upon me: Thanks, but no thanks. The...
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When good athletes behave badly

Over the years I have often had the pleasure of introducing my son to significant people as politically diverse as Barack Obama and Pat Buchanan. (Welcome to my world, kid.)...
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THE STRUGGLE FOR SECURITY

Having a Yemeni visa stamped in my passport has brought wary questions from border officials over the last few years. Nowadays I'll be lucky if I don't get strip-searched. What...
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Dick Cheney’s war vs. explosive undies

Has Dick Cheney forgotten 9/11? The one halfway-good memory from those awful days immediately following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks was the spirit of national unity it triggered. As...
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A year of living quotably

You can tell a lot about a year from its great quotations. The early 1960s gave us John F. Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask...
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Is health care reform going to make it?

President Barack Obama returned from Oslo with his Nobel Peace Prize to receive a booby prize in the polls. Continuing the trends reported by other recent surveys, a new NBC/Wall...
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Tiger’s woeful bind

Do celebrities hear the irony when they put out news releases that ask us to respect their privacy? "This is a private matter and I want to keep it that...
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Making money is what drives today’s China

He could be a teenager in any American high school: He loves to "play Xbox," he hates to do his homework and, when a visiting journalist asks, "What are your...
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Palinpalooza goads media into laughter

Palinpalooza rolls on. If you know what Washington's Gridiron Club is all about, the idea of Sarah Palin addressing the group might sound pretty unlikely -- about as unlikely as,...