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

    by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency Feb 27, 2023 3 minutes

    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,” he said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”

    My longer answer would include anecdotes to illustrate the problem.

    That thought comes to mind as I saw coverage of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg getting bashed for claiming at a conference last

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