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For release: 09/05/23 Getting the Saudi-Israel formula wrong By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If one is mixing chemicals, getting the formula wrong can produce disastrous results. It is the same with international diplomacy. For decades the left was wrong about the Soviet Union and China, believing that what the U.S. did or did not…

For release: 08/31/23 Motives behind illegal immigration By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It can be difficult to establish the motives of government leaders, unless they are told to us outright, or unless a pattern of behavior allows us to draw conclusions consistent with that behavior. The wave of migrants illegally crossing America’s southern border…

CAL THOMAS Force-feeding ideology By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It was just a matter of time before choice became mandatory. Last week, a federal judge denied a request by parents of students in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Montgomery County, Maryland, to be able to remove their children from classrooms when books containing LGBTQ…

CAL THOMAS For release: 08/22/23 Questions I would ask the GOP candidates By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Wednesday night’s GOP primary debate in Milwaukee for the Republican candidates for the presidency will be more a Q&A session than a classic debate, but that’s OK. Viewers will have a chance to take the measure of…

FOR RELEASE 8/24/2023 Nails on a chalkboard By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Anyone who has cringed at the sound of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard has likely experienced the same feeling whenever President Biden speaks. The president visited Maui this week (which he mistakenly referred to as “the Big Island”) and did little to…

For release: 08/17/23 Back to what type of school? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As millions of children return to public school, it’s a good idea to again examine what they are being taught and what is being left out. It also offers an annual opportunity for parents to ask if their kids are…

The Afghanistan withdrawal re-examined By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency   August 10, 2023       One of the advantages to a change in majority in one or both houses of Congress is that the public gets to see what the other party won’t address or has been covering up. Such was the case on Monday when Rep.…

CAL THOMAS For release: 08/08/23 Fight crime shoot back By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Some years ago, during a crime wave like the one we now seem to be experiencing, a bumper sticker appeared that said “Fight Crime Shoot Back.” It expressed the frustration many felt at the time that criminals were mostly getting…

For release: 08/01/23 Shame on us By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Plymouth Notch, VT – One hundred years ago on Aug. 2, President Warren Harding died and Calvin Coolidge became America’s 30th president. The contrast between the two men is stark. While Harding was extremely popular with voters, later revelations doomed his presidency to…

For release: 07/27/23 Irony at the border By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The Department of Justice has announced it is suing Texas Republican Governor Gregg Abbott for using floating barriers in the Rio Grande river to stop migrants who are breaking U.S. law by illegally crossing the Southern border. For this the word “irony”…