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For release: 09/29/26 The perfect metaphor By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The perfect metaphor to characterize the UN General Assembly delegates who walked out before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke is this: “There are none so blind as those who will not see.” You can’t make people understand the truth if they choose…

For release: 09/22/26 AI: A substitute for real intelligence By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I have a theory about the artificial intelligence craze that is delighting some and scaring others. It is that we are losing natural intelligence and thus risk seduction by something that can do the thinking for us. Never mind acquiring…

Trump and the press boycott each other By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency We’re back in the children’s sandbox. President Trump has banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from covering him. The three have filed a First Amendment lawsuit. The president has retaliated with “Trump TV: The Essentials Station” on YouTube. American presidents have been…

Will AI cause Doomsday? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In the satirical 1964 anti-war film “Dr. Strangelove,” fears of a “Doomsday machine,” an automated, unstoppable device programmed to trigger global nuclear annihilation if the Soviet Union is attacked, gripped U.S. leaders and the Soviet ambassador in the American “war room.” Predictions of doomsdays by…

For release: 09/10/26 Once again it will be about turnout By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Republicans are holding a unique midterm combination rally, get-out-the-vote convention in Dallas this week. The GOP hopes to raise enthusiasm (and money) for Republican candidates in the November election. One indication they are in trouble are polls that show…

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…