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Dave Chappelle onstage during the 36th annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland on Oct. 30, 2021.

Clarence Page: Sometimes offensive comedy is just lazy laughs

November 18, 2022 at 6:56 p.m.

When Dave Chappelle was announced as the host of this past weekend's "Satuday Night Live," I wondered how he was going to handle it. Was he going to make fun...

Filmmaker Michael Moore speaks at a rally for then-presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in Ames, Iowa, on Jan. 25, 2020.

Clarence Page: Michael Moore got the last laugh this Election Day

November 15, 2022 at 5:15 p.m.

When filmmaker-activist Michael Moore, a Democrat, went against the conventional wisdom that was expecting a Republican "red wave" sweeping the midterm elections, I feared Moore had become unmoored. I wasn't...

People march in protest through downtown Chicago on June 25, 2022, following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Clarence Page: A new generation offers new hope for abortion rights

November 11, 2022 at 5:42 p.m.

Elections send messages. When the voters failed to come up with the "red wave" for which Republicans dreamed, they did happen to send a very different message of hope: Reproductive...

Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, on March 22, 2022.

Clarence Page: Is Elon Musk still trying to figure this Twitter thing out?

November 8, 2022 at 5:12 p.m.

After closing his $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter, Elon Musk still seemed to be trying to figure out what he had bought. On Friday the world's richest man cut...

President Joe Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee event at Union Station in Washington on Nov. 2, 2022.

Clarence Page: By the way, this time democracy itself is on the ballot

November 4, 2022 at 4:51 p.m.

In his highly publicized speech on the perils facing American democracy this midterm Election Day President Joe Biden was largely preaching to the choir. The sermon needs to be preached,...

Kanye West, now known as Ye, in New York on Sept. 12, 2022. The German sportswear giant Adidas cut ties with the rapper and designer over his antisemitic outbursts and other provocations.

Clarence Page: As the former Kanye West sows, so may Ye reap

October 28, 2022 at 7:11 p.m.

Again, I'm hearing the exasperated buzz in the air over a long-nagging question: What are we to do about Kanye? Except recently the question has changed in tune with the...

Diners outside in Chicago's West Loop on Sept. 30, 2021.

Clarence Page: Low-wage food workers need better wages, more than tips

October 21, 2022 at 5:22 p.m.

As our pre-pandemic way of life struggles to make a comeback — which I, for one, am rooting for it to do — one tradition that I greet with mixed...

Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, flashes a police badge as he speaks to supporters during a campaign rally on Oct. 18, 2022, in Atlanta.

Clarence Page: Is Ye, Kanye West, the new face of Black conservatism? How about Herschel Walker?

October 18, 2022 at 5:29 p.m.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell raised more than a few eyebrows when he criticized "candidate quality" in his own party's field as a major obstacle to flipping the now-50-50 Senate...

Mayor Jane Byrne listens to Ald. Eddie Vrdolyak during a City Council meeting on Jan. 31, 1983.

Clarence Page: The LA City Council scandal reveals ethnic politics at its worst

October 14, 2022 at 5:22 p.m.

Never say anything important to anybody, I once heard a Chicago politician say, without presuming that they're wearing a wire. I know some Los Angeles City Council members who should...

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, attends the Givenchy Spring-Summer 2023 fashion show during the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week in France on Oct. 2, 2022.

Clarence Page: Who decides whether Ye, or Kanye, deserves a Twitter platform?

October 11, 2022 at 5:26 p.m.

Is Ye, the Chicago-born artist formerly known as Kanye West, the future of Twitter? Over the weekend the always-publicity-hungry rapper tweeted a now-deleted antisemitic comment that has triggered yet another...

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