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CAL THOMAS For release: 08/20/26 Back to school 2026-27 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When I attended a much different public school in suburban Maryland, there was a public service announcement on TV that asked: “It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” I was usually in bed at that hour on…

For release: 08/18/26 A special golden anniversary By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Golden anniversaries used to be special celebrations in the days when people got married and stayed married. This year marks the golden anniversary, not of a married couple, but of an organization that invests in the lives of people whom politicians largely…

For release: 08/13/26 Why can’t we fix the oil problem? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “We are the United States of America and there is nothing we can’t do if we do it together.” – President Joe Biden I am not in the habit of favorably quoting the former president, but he was right…

For release: 08/11/26 Summertime political reruns By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When I was younger, so much younger than today (credit The Beatles for that lyric from “Help”), television networks would rerun programs that had originally been broadcast the previous fall and spring. A few still do, like “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy,” but…

For release: 08/06/26   Testimonies from people who have lived under socialism By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It has become a truism that people who are embracing socialism have never had to live under it and its ideological twin, communism. Young people seem so enamored by these train wrecks that they are willing to…

For release: 07/30/26 The Fauci diary By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency We are born with an ego – from a baby’s first cry to our death. Most can control their ego, protecting themselves and others from harm. Some give it free reign, causing the fallout to be substantial. History is full of people who…

For release: 07/28/26 Bring back ‘nattering nabobs’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump’s performance at last Friday’s retooled White House Correspondents’ Dinner made me nostalgic for the days of Vice President Spiro Agnew, President Richard Nixon’s media attack dog. In a speech, Agnew called politicians critical of Nixon administration policies “nattering nabobs of…

For release: 07/23/26   Troy Jackson is Graham Platner lite By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Troy Jackson, the Maine Democratic Party prospective nominee for the Senate, is Graham Platner lite. Platner withdrew from the race to face incumbent Republican Susan Collins following allegations that he sexually assaulted two women, charges he has denied. At…

For release: 07/21/26 Who are our domestic enemies? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The oath is a familiar one. The president and vice president take it, as do members of Congress and many other high government officials. It requires the oath taker to defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” We can…

For release: 07/16/26 The more things don’t change By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr knew what he was talking about when, in 1849, he coined the phrase “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” (The more things change, the more they remain the same.) It has been repeated…