@cptime

Pulitzer-winning syndicated columnist, writing for freedom, justice and improving the American Way. Former blue check.

 Based in Washington, DC
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Joined December 2008
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Ray Long@RayLong1 Feb 2024
Chicago Tribune Guild members are on strike today to give our hedge fund overlords a taste of how we are unafraid of them. Alden pumps up obscene profits by squeezing employees. We break stories. Alden won’t break us. This is Chicago. We know how to fight. We won’t back down.
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And the appreciation is mutual, Doctor. Thank you!
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University campuses have long been a place where our society grapples with conflicts abroad–I appreciate @cptime's perspective in @chitribopinions and the mention of my piece in @nytopinion chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: Campuses face a new generation of questions — and ethics

For many of us, it’s never been a straightforward matter to just pick a side in Israel’s long-running struggle to live in peace with its Arab neighbors. But, while the Israel-Hamas war rages on, I...

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CONTAIN the "kraken!"...
Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews19 Oct 2023
ALERT: Sidney Powell is pleading guilty in Fulton County, Georgia criminal case
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Another hiphop Republican...!
Dylan Wells
@dylanewells12 Aug 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy is performing Lose Yourself at the Iowa State Fair:
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In the final hours: Increasingly I am convinced that the surprising longshot come-from-way-behind winner on "Succession" will be--Wait for it--Cousin Greg. (Anybody with me?)
Succession
@succession17 May 2023
Just a hint of lemon.
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Simply the best! #RIP, Queen. #Tina
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friendly reminder this is the ultimate comeback single RIP queen ❤️ xitter.cf/_David_Senabre_/status…
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Page: Note to grumpy old men: Don’t reach too quickly for guns chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: Note to my fellow grumpy old men: Don’t reach too quickly for your firearms

I don’t sympathize in any way with Andrew Lester, but I think I understand him. From what I hear through the media, he sounds like a fellow grumpy old man. I understand. I’m old and feeling grumpier...

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The signed copy of "Mein Kampf" is a real show stopper. #HarlanCrow
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Clarence Page retweeted
Jean Dunn 🐈@jeandunn5228 Mar 2023
Is this really how we want we live now? Get on your phones tomorrow and call your reps in Congress. We our every victim of gun violence to at least try to change this. #Maddow #LastWord
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“Equal justice, even for Donald Trump and other suspects” #opinion column from @cptime tribunecontentagency.com/art…
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Clarence Page: Listen well to those with whom you disagree, so you can make better arguments chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: Listen well to those with whom you disagree, so you can make better arguments

One might think that in college programs which promote DEI, — diversity, equity and inclusion —”diversity” should include diversification of social and political viewpoints. Unfortunately, as you...

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Re: My "What's 'woke'" column: Evanston reader sends a great Sarah Silverman quote: “It feels cooler to say, ‘I’m not woke’ than the truth, which is, ‘I’m terrified of what I don’t understand and I only know how to process that as anger because I can’t look inward.’' Nailed it.
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@cptime has some questions for the former vice president chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: Mike Pence still walks a shaky line between courage and cold feet

Now Donald Trump wants to blame Mike Pence for the people who shouted, “Hang Mike Pence”? Amazingly, the former president has sharply rebuked his former vice president’s contention that history will...

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Clarence Page: When calamity leads to bipartisanship, that’s a good thing chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: When calamity leads to bipartisanship, that’s a good thing

Politicians often complain about government regulations as a big pain in the neck. So I was relieved in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to see some bipart...

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Clarence Page: Growing up next to railroad tracks helps you appreciate government oversight. chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: When calamity leads to bipartisanship, that’s a good thing

Politicians often complain about government regulations as a big pain in the neck. So I was relieved in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to see some bipart...

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Clarence Page: When calamity leads to bipartisanship, that’s a good thing chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: When calamity leads to bipartisanship, that’s a good thing

Politicians often complain about government regulations as a big pain in the neck. So I was relieved in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to see some bipart...

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Clarence Page: Insurrection? Let Tucker explain what you think you saw. chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: Insurrection? Let Tucker explain what you think you saw.

“Who ya gonna believe, me or your own eyes.” That old, popular quote has been attributed in one version or another to a variety of funny men, according to the Quote Investigator website. I’ll settle...

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Now he has even more to complain about... chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: The ‘Dilbert’ artist’s downfall, triggered by a reckless commentary

Ah, Dilbert, we hardly knew ya. Scott Adams, creator of the popular “Dilbert” comic strip, has faced a backlash of cancellations after a tirade on his YouTube livestream in which he described Black...

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Clarence Page: Toxic disasters attract toxic politics, and Donald Trump chicagotribune.com/columns/c…

Clarence Page: Toxic disasters attract toxic politics, and Donald Trump

How did the toxic train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, become a racial issue? My short answer would quote the character in an Ernest Hemingway novel who was asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,”...

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When you hear SOMEONE brag about deregulating those pesky safety rules, remember East Palestine, Ohio. AP Exclusive: Transport safety rules rolled back under Trump (from @AP) apnews.com/article/1936e77a1…

AP Exclusive: Transport safety rules rolled back under Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a clear, dry June evening in 2015, cars and trucks rolled slowly in a herky-jerky backup ahead of an Interstate 75 construction zone in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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