Clarence Page – Page 47

Column: Best president for Black America since Lincoln? C’mon, man!

October 23, 2020 at 2:47 p.m.

Let us now celebrate the calming, sedative qualities of a mute button. Yes, the mere addition of a mute button in the second and final presidential debate between President Donald...

Flowers and notes left by well-wishers outside Comet Ping Pong, the pizza restaurant in northwest Washington, D.C.,are shown, where a North Carolina man fired an assault rifle multiple times as he attempted to "self-investigate" the conspiracy theory known in the Twitterverse as "Pizzagate" on Dec. 9, 2016.

Column: The rise of QAnon isn’t surprising. Americans have long been sucked into conspiracy theories.

October 20, 2020 at 3:13 p.m.

I'm no less shocked than anybody else by the rise of the wacky QAnon conspiracy theory-turned-movement in this election year, but I'm not surprised by its viral spread. After all,...

Dr. Scott Atlas, a White House adviser on the coronavirus, right, with President Donald Trump during a briefing at the White House on Sept. 23, 2020.

Column: ‘Herd immunity’ idea rears its head again — and still deserves to be struck down

October 16, 2020 at 2:24 p.m.

Although he's reluctant to say it out loud, President Donald Trump appears to be disturbingly close to embracing the ideas behind "herd immunity," which in my view has been best...

William Null, right, stands armed in a gallery of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing during an April 30, 2020, rally demanding the reopening of businesses. Null is one of several charged Oct. 8 for allegedly seeking to storm the Michigan Capitol and seek a "civil war."

Column: How hatred became all the rage in our politics

October 13, 2020 at 1:42 p.m.

Are we Americans hating more now but enjoying it less? Let me count the ways: A self-styled "militia" group is charged by the FBI with an alleged plot to kidnap...

Michael Null, left, and William Null, right, arrive at the American Patriot Rally, organized by Michigan United for Liberty, to demand the reopening of businesses on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on April 30, 2020.

Column: What the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tells us about militant extremists

October 12, 2020 at 10:08 a.m.

Sometimes it hurts to be right. I have received more than a little mockery in my inbox in response to my concerns about right-wing wackos, left-wing loonies and other militants....

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up upon returning to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 5, 2020.

Column: COVID-19 patient Donald Trump’s sunny outlook casts gloomy shadows

October 6, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

Three days after he quietly slipped away to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment of his COVID-19 infection, President Trump returned home with his sunny side up. "We're...

President Donald Trump waves to reporters as he and the first lady, Melania Trump, arrive in Cleveland for the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020. Trump revealed early Friday, Oct. 2, that he and his wife had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Column: Trump’s COVID-19 infection an opportunity for American unity

October 2, 2020 at 1:23 p.m.

Shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted the unsettling news that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus, I received a text from a liberal friend...

People watch the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden at Ethiopian Diamond restaurant in Chicago on Sept. 29, 2020.

Column: Presidential debate was a contest of blown opportunities

September 30, 2020 at 4:17 p.m.

My wife was the first to go. She stood up and made a beeline for bed after about 10 minutes. Next to go was our millennial son. He lasted about...

President Donald Trump leaves after speaking during a rally Sept. 25, 2020, at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport in Newport News, Virginia.

Column: What happens to Trumpism after Trump? Auditions are underway.

September 29, 2020 at 1:52 p.m.

As a liberal about most political matters, I am not delighted that President Donald Trump's nomination of conservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett may be his most durable legacy. But like...

President Donald Trump at the Cobb Galleria Centre Sept. 25, 2020, in Atlanta.

Column: An old question comes back: What if President Trump loses but won’t leave?

September 25, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

Pardon me if I repeat myself but, sometimes, I repeat myself. I realized that as I was web surfing for a possible column on what would happen if President Donald...

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