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Don’t Let 'Reverse Discrimination' Reverse Our National Progress

From the Left / Clarence Page / Mar 03, 2025

Marlean Ames of Akron, Ohio, is not gay or a member of a racial minority.

But, please, she points out, don’t hold that against her, as she alleges her employers have, as she takes her “reverse discrimination” case all the way to the Supreme Court.

I wish her well. As an African American male, I ...Read more

'Hope Is the Counter to Fear'

From the Left / ACLU / Feb 24, 2025

One of Daishi Miguel-Tanaka's earliest memories is walking into his first-grade class in California and being struck by how diverse the student body was.

"I saw kids of all shapes and colors holding their hands over their hearts (saying the pledge) under the American flag," Miguel-Tanaka recalls. "That was huge for me. I fell in love with ...Read more

Voter’s Remorse? Not Much, But Give It Time

From the Left / Clarence Page / Feb 24, 2025

Colorful billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk sparked quite a reaction at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington last week when he leaped around the stage waving a chainsaw.

“This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy. CHAINSAAAW!” he politics/fromtheleft/clarencepage/s-3609505">Read more

Trump's Attempt To Unilaterally Control State and Local Funding Is Dangerous, Dumb and Undemocratic

From the Left / ACLU / Feb 18, 2025

The Trump administration has not been subtle in its desire to use federal funding for political punishment. Whether threatening to cut off grants to sanctuary cities, block financial assistance to states that push back against the president's demands or to freeze all federal grants and loans for social services across the country, Trump and ...Read more

A Timely Push-Back Against Too Much Trump-Musk Secrecy deals

From the Left / Clarence Page / Feb 17, 2025

It’s not easy to steal the spotlight from two seasoned publicity lovers like President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, but Musk’s 4-year-old son X AE A-Xii, or “X” for short, made it look easy during his Oval Office visit.

Now viral on the web, little X seemed to teach his dad a lesson I learned the hard way when I agreed to take my own son...Read more

Enjoy Black History Month—While You Still Can

From the Left / Clarence Page / Feb 10, 2025

Back when a public backlash began to rise up mostly among white parents against “critical race theory,” I joked as to whether Black History Month might be next.

I don’t joke about that anymore.

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s re-election, largely on culture war issues, we see how the mere mention of race, academically or ...Read more

Welcome to the World of MAGA Machismo, Where Muscles Trump Brains

From the Left / Dick Polman / Nov 16, 2023

Ladies and gentleman, here is your United States Senate, then and now:

Sen. Daniel Webster on March 7, 1850: “It is fortunate that there is a Senate of the United States (with) a just sense of its own dignity, and its own high responsibilities, and a body to which the country looks with confidence for wise, moderate, patriotic, and healing ...Read more

A totally fixable budget impasse involving a potential presidential candidate

From the Left / John Micek / Jul 17, 2023

For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, Pennsylvania’s three-week-old budget impasse is the ultimate, binge-worthy summer drama.

There are great storylines, with real-world implications with fascinating characters in leading roles. And, like any addictive warm-weather series, the chances are pretty good that politics-watchers ...Read more

Trump and his lawyers think he can get away with anything. It's outlandish.

From the Left / Ruth Marcus / Oct 25, 2019

WASHINGTON -- "The king can do no wrong." That is the ancient legal maxim used to explain why a sovereign should not be held to account for misdeeds. President Trump and his lawyers are now making arguments that make this legal doctrine look wimpy. Their vision boils down to: The king can do whatever wrong he damn pleases, and there's nothing ...Read more