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CAL THOMAS For release: 11/30/23 We’ve seen this ‘film’ before By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Some movies are worth watching more than once. The one now playing in the Middle East isn’t one of them. How many times must we see this plot repeated and not recognize it for what it is: terrorists kill…

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/28/23 Evangelicals conforming to the world By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency More than 150 Iowa “faith leaders” have announced they are supporting Donald Trump in the state’s forthcoming caucuses. At the same time, Bob Vander Plaats, an influential Iowa evangelical leader, is supporting Ron DeSantis. Predictably, Donald Trump slammed Vander…

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/21/23 Solution to debt: Cut spending By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Congress just passed – and PresidentBiden just signed – the latest short-term government funding bill to keep the government running. The bill, which essentially kicks the can down the road, ensures that taxpayers will continue to pay for a…

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/23/23 Have an attitude of gratitude this Thanksgiving By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Thanksgiving in 1863, it probably seemed to many an odd time to be thankful. The nation was torn apart by the Civil War. Still, Lincoln found much for which to…

For release: 11/16/23 No fooling the voters By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Few politicians say things that immortalize their words. Abraham Lincoln was a notable exception. The 16th president’s comment about fooling voters resonates today: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the…

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/14/23 Attitudes of gratitude and ingratitude By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency We have again entered the season of gratitude. You remember gratitude, don’t you? It was what we expressed before we became entitled. Last Saturday was the observance of Veterans Day, during which many thanked those who served in the…

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/09/23 Virginia, Ohio and abortion By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Elections, especially in Virginia and Ohio, should convince pro-life Republicans of their need to come up with a different strategy when it comes to abortion. A no-exceptions mandate, or strictly limiting the procedure isn’t working, in part because a new…

A third try in Texas for school choice By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency SAN ANTONIO – Gov. Gregg Abbott has called a third special legislative session in an attempt to push through three priorities that previous sessions have defeated, surprisingly with some Republicans joining with most Democrats in opposition. School choice is one of…

Matthew Perry and the cult of celebrity By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency I never saw an episode of “Friends,” but that is probably because I am from the television era that began with black- and-white pictures and television screens so small you had to draw a chair up to the box to see a…

CAL THOMAS For release: 10/31/23 Dracula and spending cuts By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Among the top priorities for newly selected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was his announced intention to form a bipartisan panel to cut massive spending that has led to an unsustainable $33 trillion national debt. The pragmatist in me cheers,…