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For release: 05/06/25 Faith and government By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last week, President Trump announced the establishment of a White House Faith Office. Its purpose, as described in a White House announcement, is to “…empower faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship to better serve families and communities.” Don’t they already have…

For release: 05/01/25 Let them eat … something else By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last Sunday I was a panelist on “Fox News Sunday” with Shannon Bream. My friend and colleague Juan Williams brought up the continuing high price of eggs as part of his criticism of President Trump’s first 100 days in his…

For release: 04/29/25 Donald Trump to America: Get busy begatting By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth “(Genesis 1:28) President Trump is going God one better. God told Adam and Eve to start having children. The president is considering adding an incentive – paying couples $5,000 to begat.…

For release: 04/22/25 When a wrong narrative hides the truth By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In politics, creating and then owning the narrative is the best way to deceive the public, especially when a compliant media helps promote it and ignores later information that contradicts the initial narrative. Such has been the case of…

For release: 04/17/25 Time to stamp out the post office By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Better buy your “Forever” stamps now, because the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has announced another price increase. On July 13, the cost of a first-class stamp is scheduled to rise from 73 cents to 78 cents. The plan is…

For release: 04/15/25 Time to again feed the insatiable beast By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency America’s annual rituals and observances include days we usually celebrate together (July Fourth, Memorial Day, Veterans Day), or as members of special groups (Passover, Easter and Christmas). The one annual ritual it can be safely said most Americans despise…

For release: 04/10/25 That was then, this is now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them … well, I have others.” – Groucho Marx Guess who said this: “China takes total advantage of the United States. They steal our intellectual property using cyber theft. Not only…

For release: 04/08/25 Today’s boogeyman is Elon Musk By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As a child I frequently visited relatives in southern Indiana. A great uncle tried to keep me from exploring his cellar (as they were called then) by telling me the boogeyman was down there and would “ get you” if I…

For release: 03/27/25 Why are top universities getting federal money? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Columbia University at first appeared  to have surrendered to President Trump’s demands that the New York school stop coddling anti-Semitic and anti-Israel demonstrators. The school announced it was buckling, not on principle, but because it wants the $400 million…

For release: 03/25/25 Education then and now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency How did I, my parents, grandparents and ancestors going back to the founding of the nation manage to get a decent education before the federal Department of Education (DOE) was created by Jimmy Carter and a Democratic Congress? Quite well, thank you.…