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Video of testimony by Rudy Giuliani is played on July 12, 2022, during the seventh public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault.

Clarence Page: Willful blindness is no excuse for Trump’s coup attempt

July 15, 2022 at 1:20 p.m.

No matter how much congressional Republicans leaders may encourage us to look anywhere but at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault, the hearings have only...

In this file photo taken on June 09, 2022, people pass by a booth of Google at the re:publica 2022 digital media convention in Berlin.

Clarence Page: Internet privacy is under siege along with abortion rights

July 12, 2022 at 5:44 p.m.

Having witnessed how much the world seemed to change after the Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion nationwide, it has been stunning — although not too surprising — to see...

Mourners hold candles during a community vigil in memory of the victims of the Highland Park Independence Day parade mass shooting, at Am Shalom, July 7, 2022, in Glencoe.

Clarence Page: After the shootings, partisan media offer dubious comfort

July 8, 2022 at 5:05 p.m.

Remember Bill O'Reilly? He hosted the top-rated show on cable news until Fox News forced him out amid sexual harassment allegations — and settlements — in 2017. He occasionally invited...

A police officer picks up a water-logged American flag left behind after Monday's mass shooting on July 5, 2022, in Highland Park.

Clarence Page: It’s hard to not lose hope over mass shootings

July 6, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

I'm really getting tired of writing about mass shootings. I'm not alone in my weariness. Back in the final summer of Barack Obama's presidency, he sounded the same weary tune...

President Donald Trump near a portrait of George Washington in the East Room of the White House on April 18, 2019.

Clarence Page: What would George Washington say about Jan. 6? He tried to warn us.

July 1, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

As America's birthday approached during the House select committee's investigation of the Jan. 6 attack last year on the Capitol, I was reminded of George Washington's warning about political parties—...

Abortion rights activists during a protest in front of the Supreme Court building following the announcement of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling on June 25, 2022, in Washington. The court's decision in Dobbs overturns the landmark Roe v Wade case.

Clarence Page: Supreme Court abortion ruling shows Democrats what to rally around — and against

June 28, 2022 at 6:09 p.m.

After achieving their long-sought goal of overturning the constitutional right to abortion, could Republicans become victims of their own success? Former President Donald Trump reportedly thinks so, which I believe...

Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P. Loving are shown in Virginia on Jan. 26, 1965.

Clarence Page: Now that Roe is gone, what’s next? Mixed marriages?

June 24, 2022 at 4:49 p.m.

Now that the Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide in 1973, could same-sex marriage be next? Or even interracial marriage? I'm not...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., leaves a room during a break in a public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, on June 13, 2022, in Washington.

Clarence Page: Looking for GOP peace in our disunited states of resentment

June 21, 2022 at 5:05 p.m.

While some people wonder whether we're on the brink of a second Civil War, I sometimes wonder whether we ever really finished the first one. The Juneteenth holiday weekend, a...

J. Michael Luttig, a retired U.S. Appeals Court judge, departs on June 16, 2022, after testifying before a hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol in Washington.

Clarence Page: Congress needs to protect future elections too

June 17, 2022 at 5:25 p.m.

Sometimes in the art of political stagecraft, an entire debate can shift on a single statement. Former Nixon aide John Dean comes to mind. His declaration during the Watergate hearings...

Chesa Boudin prepares to concede at his recall party at The Ramp on June 7, 2022, in San Francisco. San Francisco residents voted to recall Boudin, a progressive, following a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety reform.

Clarence Page: ‘Law and order’ should be more than a GOP slogan

June 15, 2022 at 9:21 a.m.

As they were preparing to go to the airport to visit their new grandchildren, two friends of mine were robbed recently outside their Kenwood co-op building near the University of...

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