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For release: 06/18/26 A deal with the Devil By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump’s interim peace deal with Iran, which has partially opened the Strait of Hormuz and sent oil prices tumbling (but not yet gas prices), may be good for the short term – meaning the November elections – but long term…

For release: 06/18/26 A deal with the Devil By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump’s interim peace deal with Iran, which has partially opened the Strait of Hormuz and sent oil prices tumbling (but not yet gas prices), may be good for the short term – meaning the November elections – but long term…

For release: 06/16/26 Is removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center a metaphor? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In what could be a metaphor for things to come, workers removed President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center in Washington. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the rebranding of the Kennedy Center as the “Trump…

For release: 06/11/26   The ‘60 Minutes’ controversy By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The late broadcast journalist David Brinkley once observed: “Objectivity is impossible to normal human behavior. Rather, we should strive for fairness.” Fairness is at the heart of the ongoing shakeup at CBS News and especially at the legendary “60 Minutes”. Since…

For release: 06/09/26 Lessons from Graham Planter By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency How can Graham Planter, who might win the Democratic nomination for senator from Maine in next Tuesday’s primary election ever be seriously considered for such a job, given the amount of personal baggage he carries? The answer is we have so lowered…

For release: 06/04/26 Will this be the un-happy American birthday? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In one month, the United States will observe its 250th birthday. It is shaping up more like a memorial service for a lost loved one than a party to celebrate something special. Rather than anticipating a happy occasion, America…

For release: 06/02/26 Politics and failure By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Politics is the only profession of which I am aware in which competence doesn’t seem to matter. One can fail miserably; one can be corrupt and one can get away with crimes that if committed by someone outside of elective office, arrest, prosecution…

For release: 05/28/26 Fraudsters run amok By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency At first, it didn’t sound right. Someone must have miscalculated. How could there be so much fraud that has robbed taxpayers of billions of dollars without anyone seeming to notice? Worse, it appears they didn’t seem to care. Vice President JD Vance convened…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 26, 2026       OVER THE WEEKEND THERE WAS A RUSH OF OPTIMISM THAT THE WAR WITH IRAN MIGHT BE OVER. UNTIL IT WASN’T. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL THAT A DEAL WAS IMMINENT, UNTIL IT WASN’T. IRAN KNOWS THERE IS PRESSURE ON THE U.S. TO BAILOUT BECAUSE OF…

For release: 05/26/26 Hey, America: Stop complaining By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Whatever the outcome of the “deal, or no deal” scenario with Iran, the public attitude toward the war has been disturbing. Despite President Trump’s constant admonition that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon, a majority of those polled now oppose the…