Syndicated columnist, member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board and author of the "Page's Page" blog at the Tribune website

Clarence Page, the 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary, has been a columnist and a member of the newspaper's editorial board since July 1984. His column is syndicated nationally by Tribune Media Services. He also participated in a Chicago Tribune vote fraud investigation which won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for public service. He shared a 1980 Illinois UPI award for an investigative series titled "The Black Tax" and a 1976 Edward Scott Beck Award for overseas reporting in Southern Africa. In 1992, he was inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame and later received a lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Black Journalists. His 1996 book, Showing My Color: Impolite Essays on Race and Identity, was published by HarperCollins. From 1980 to 1984 Page also worked at WBBM-TV in Chicago as a news reporter, a talk show host and director of community affairs. He received his Bachelor of Science in journalism degree from Ohio University in 1969. Born in Dayton, Ohio, began his journalism career as a freelance writer and photographer for the Middletown Journal and Cincinnati Enquirer at the age of 17. He and his wife Lisa have one son and reside in the Washington DC area.

Politics, social commentary, pop culture, new media. Learning, after decades of procastination, how to play the bass guitar.

Another whack at Illinois' culture of corruption 1/1/0001
A federal jury appeared to end former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's long-running drama when it found him guilty Monday on 17 of 20 federal counts of corruption, including charges that he tried to sell President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat.

Anti-gay bullies are no joke 1/1/0001
Americans seem to find a lot of entertainment value in watching celebrities destroy themselves. Witness, for example, the initially brisk ticket sales for Charlie Sheen's recent melt-down tour.

Failure is now fashionable 1/1/0001
Nothing succeeds like success, but don't sell failure short.

Life after Weinergate? It happens 1/1/0001
Another moment in the sunshine Hope is still alive for former Rep. Anthony "the Twitter" Weiner. In today's America, failure is only the first step to your next success, even when your personality gives new meaning to the term "outgoing."

Dump the war on drugs 1/1/0001
When David Simon, creator of HBO's late dramatic crime series "The Wire," heard that Attorney General Eric Holder wanted to see the series return for a sixth season, he offered the nation's top prosecutor a deal.