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For release: 01/08/26 Waste, fraud and abuse (repeat) By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota Democrat, who might have become vice president had Kamala Harris won the November election, has announced he will not be seeking a third term. The alleged fraud involving day care centers and allegations that federal aid went…
For release: 01/06/26 Maduro’s downfall By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Venezuelans are celebrating in the streets of Caracas and around the world after U.S. forces staged a flawless removal of brutal dictator and narco-trafficker Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Not celebrating are most congressional Democrats, a few Republicans and the new mayor of…
. For release: 01/01/26 An old and a new year By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “What’s past is prologue” wrote William Shakespeare in “The Tempest,” a thought profound enough to be engraved on the National Archives building in Washington. As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a blip on history’s ledger compared to many…
For release: 01/01/26 An old and a new year By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “What’s past is prologue” wrote William Shakespeare in “The Tempest,” a thought profound enough to be engraved on the National Archives building in Washington. As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a blip on history’s ledger compared to many…
For release: 12/30/25 Wrong predictions? Never mind By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency End of the year predictions about the future have been around at least since the days of Nostradamus, but what about past predictions? There were plenty of predictions that electing Donald Trump the first time and then re-electing him, would cause economic…
For release: 12/25/25 Christmas, then and now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Perhaps some of the worst people to explain the real meaning of Christmas are those who claim to believe in its central message, but have trouble communicating it. Like the secularists, they try to define it on their own terms rather than…
For release: 12/23/25 The Trump-Kennedy Center By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last Friday evening I attended the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with my wife and two friends to listen to a wonderful performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” The Kennedy Center has been among the few places in Washington (sports arenas…
For release: 12/16/25 The (non-Christmas) lists By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency ‘Tis the season. No, not that season. It’s the season for end-of-year lists. Time magazine, which, like so much in print journalism has suffered from a loss of readers, has published its annual list called the “most influential people of 2025.” The list…
For release: 12/09/25 Is the economy about to turn in Trump’s favor? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump got what might be considered some good news last week, though most of the major American media ignored it. According to a UK Daily Mail/J.L. Partners survey, the president’s approval rating increased from 45 percent…
For release: 12/04/25 Two conservative giants deserve more praise By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency While only a small number of us live to be 100, everyone ‘s birthday has a centenary date. For historians who seem mostly to be of the liberal persuasion and obituary writers (ditto) the way the 100th anniversary of…