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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.…

CAL THOMAS For release: 03/20/25 Due process for all, or none By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump is using an 18th-century law – the Alien Enemies Act – to justify the deportation of hundreds of people he says are members of a vicious Venezuelan gang. That law was last used during World War…

For release: 03/18/25 Putin on the blitz By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The cliché has been that the ball is now in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s court. Not any longer. Putin has responded to U.S. appeals for a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine with a strong backhand, rejecting a ceasefire in his unprovoked…

For release: 03/13/25 The economy: We’ve been here before By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When I began investing in balanced mutual funds in 1983, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 1,190. Last Monday, despite the drop of more than 1,000 points, the DJI closed at 41,911. It’s the difference between looking at short-term…