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For release: 11/21/24 To vet or not to vet By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency There is a reason the Founders wrote Article 2, section 2 and clause 2 into the U.S. Constitution. They gave power to the president to nominate people to high office, but that power was not absolute. It limited a president’s…

For release: 11/05/24 Is it too early to talk 2028? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency What can a columnist do when his deadline is Election Day and he doesn’t know who has won the presidency and other offices (and we likely might not know for days, or more, if the polls are right about…

For release: 11/06/24 Democracy lives in brightness By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In the end, Kamala Harris was the wrong candidate with the wrong message at the wrong time. President-elect Donald Trump won the greatest comeback in American political history – bigger than Richard Nixon’s 1968 victory – by surviving two assassination attempts, a…

For release: 11/19/24\ Trimming obese government By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Fifty years ago when Ron Paul (father of Sen. Rand Paul) was running for Congress from Texas, a billboard featured an obese Uncle Sam with the caption “let’s put big government on a diet.” Since then, the federal government has grown even more…

For release: 11/14/24 Trump’s chance to change taxation By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If any constitutional amendment can be hated, it would be the 16th Amendment. Passed by Congress in 1909 and ratified by the states in 1913, it allowed Congress to “levy income taxes without apportioning them among the states based on population.” At…

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/19/24 Trimming obese government By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Fifty years ago when Ron Paul (father of Sen. Rand Paul) was running for Congress from Texas, a billboard featured an obese Uncle Sam with the caption “let’s put big government on a diet.” Since then, the federal government has grown…

For release: 11/06/24 Democracy lives in brightness By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In the end, Kamala Harris was the wrong candidate with the wrong message at the wrong time. President-elect Donald Trump won the greatest comeback in American political history – bigger than Richard Nixon’s 1968 victory – by surviving two assassination attempts, a…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 4, 2023      TOMORROW’S THE DAY MANY PEOPLE WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE GONE. ELECTION DAY 2024.      LET’S PUT ASIDE THE CAUSTIC PERSONALITY OF ONE CANDIDATE AND THE KNOW-NOTHING CONDITION OF THE OTHER CANDIDATE.      ONE WOULD PACK THE SUPREME COURT SO DEMOCRATS WOULD ALWAYS WIN. THAT CANDIDATE WOULD ALSO…

For release: 10/31/24 A time for choosing (again) By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Sixty years ago this week, Ronald Reagan delivered a speech in support of Barry Goldwater’s presidential bid. It was dubbed “A Time for Choosing.” Re-reading the speech, or watching it on YouTube, is a reminder how little has changed in six…

For release: 10/24/24 The marijuana campaign By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency    MIAMI – As in most presidential election years, ballot measures are usually overlooked or downplayed by the national media. One is in Florida where a proposal to legalize cannabis to be administered by the state is on the ballot. Marijuana has been made legal in 24…