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For release: 09/08/26 Never forget 9/11 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             I was sitting in my home office not far from the Pentagon when it happened. The TV behind me had the sound lowered but I suddenly became aware of a major development. I reached for the remote and cranked up the…

For release: 09/03/26 What’s in a name? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As part of Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada that the administration claims isn’t a trade war, the president has signed an executive order, renaming Lake Ontario, “Lake America.” This follows his renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” These…

For release: 09/01/26 A message for men over 50 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The diagnosis was not a surprise – well, yes it was, because like many men with a health issue we try to deny it, or delay treatment when everyone knows that “early detection” is critical to a cure. My PSA…

For release: 08/25/26 Never trust a politician By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The woman in the grocery store checkout line had an accent. While we waited for our items to be rung up, I asked her where she was from. “Argentina,” she said. “Is the inflation rate in Argentina under 100 percent yet?” I…

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…