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For release: 05/07/26 What a credible poll might look like By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The headline in The Washington Post said: “Trump disapproval reaches new high, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds.” The sub headline read: “Democrats now hold a five-point advantage in support for Congress, up from two points in February.” We’ve seen similar…
For release: 05/05/26 Who is monitoring the debt? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency People of a certain age will recall a lyric from the Tennessee Ernie Ford song “Sixteen Tons”: “Another day older and deeper in debt.” I thought of that song as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth asked Congress to approve a $1.5…
For release: 04/30/26 Do we know our enemy? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump canceled a delegation of U.S. negotiators about to head to Islamabad for continued negotiations with Iran because it appeared no one from the Iranian regime planned to show up. It’s past time to consider whether the American side truly…
For release: 04/30/26 Do we know our enemy? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump canceled a delegation of U.S. negotiators about to head to Islamabad for continued negotiations with Iran because it appeared no one from the Iranian regime planned to show up. It’s past time to consider whether the American side truly…
For release: 04/23/26 Trump at the correspondents’ dinner By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is usually a predictable affair. Journalists and celebrities gather to reinforce their credentials as powerful insiders who should be the ones running the country. This year’s dinner, to be held April 25 in Washington, is likely…
For release: 04/23/26 Trump at the correspondents’ dinner By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is usually a predictable affair. Journalists and celebrities gather to reinforce their credentials as powerful insiders who should be the ones running the country. This year’s dinner, to be held April 25 in Washington, is likely…
For release: 04/21/26 As goes Virginia By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency ARLINGTON, Virginia – On Tuesday, Virginia voters who bother to vote will take gerrymandering to a new and dangerous level. Governor Abigail Spanberger, a liberal wolf in moderate clothing, has led a campaign to redraw the state’s congressional districts so that all but…
For release: 04/16/2 The pope, three cardinals and the Iran war By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “War is Hell,” said Union General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1879. Pope Leo and three cardinals of the Catholic Church who appeared last Sunday on “60 Minutes,” agree. The problem for these theologians is that for them…
For release: 04/14/26 Democrats again attack religion By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Democrats are again trying to pry some of the religious vote from Republicans, but their actions expose the insincerity of their approach. The latest example involves an order of Catholic nuns in Hawthorne, New York, who care for the terminally ill. The…
For release: 04/07/26 Pope Leo’s flawed war doctrine By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Pope Leo XIV used part of his Palm Sunday message to castigate the United States for attempting to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power and threatening the world with mass destruction. In doing so, the “American Pope” confused the…