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By Cal Thomas Released January 24, 2024 The debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump on CNN on Thursday night ought to be more than the rehearsed answers and sound bites we’ve heard before. Polls show Americans are alarmed over what many feel is our country’s unraveling in terms of the economy, uncontrolled immigration, the weakening of…

For release: 06/20/24 Who’s a ‘threat to democracy’? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency People of a certain age will recall a time when after an election the losing side would usually accept the results and initially give support to a new president during what was then called the “honeymoon” stage. Richard Nixon conceded to…

For release: 06/18/24 From Great Orators to Gobbledygook By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         Once in America – and in some parts of the world – we were gifted by great orators, men and women who could by the power and content of their words inspire, motivate and sometimes unify their nations. Today, we have…

For release: 06/13/24 The Second Coming of the late ’70s? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency    The 1970s are remembered for many things: the end of the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon’s resignation from the presidency, American hostages held for 444 days by Iran and disco (ugh). In 1978, the “malaise” Jimmy Carter accused Americans of…

CAL THOMAS For release: 06/13/24 The Second Coming of the late ’70s? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         The 1970s are remembered for many things: the end of the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon’s resignation from the presidency, American hostages held for 444 days by Iran and disco (ugh). In 1978, Pope John Paul II became…

For release: 06/06/24 Biden border order: Too little, too late, too political By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency                                                                     For more than three years President Biden and his Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have told the country they do not have the power to stop the flow of migrants entering the country unlawfully unless Congress passes…

For release: 06/04/24 Politicized justice By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Since Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg reached back to the 1930s to credit Republican Thomas Dewey for “usher(ing) in the era of the modern, independent, professional prosecutor” in Bragg’s defense of his role in the conviction of former president Donald Trump, perhaps Bragg should…

CAL THOMAS For release: 05/30/24 A new depth of cynicism By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency    Despite what some Iranian leaders say to the gullible West, denying their intention to build nuclear weapons, Tehran’s pursuit of weapons-grade fissile material and the development of ballistic missiles to potentially deliver a nuclear warhead continues unimpeded. Though it…

For release: 05/28/24 What the ‘New Nixon’ could teach Donald Trump By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Fifty-six years ago in August 1968, Richard Nixon achieved what The New York Times called “the greatest reversal of fortune in American political history.” Times columnist James Reston went further, calling it “the greatest comeback since Lazarus.” This…

For release: 05/23/24 President Biden’s disappointing Morehouse speech By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency         The academic year is coming to an end, thankfully. It has been characterized by some of the worst antisemitism since the Nazi regime and demonstrations by campus (and non-campus) radicals, many of whom appear to have been indoctrinated by professors whose…