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For release: 07/28/26 Bring back ‘nattering nabobs’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Trump’s performance at last Friday’s retooled White House Correspondents’ Dinner made me nostalgic for the days of Vice President Spiro Agnew, President Richard Nixon’s media attack dog. In a speech, Agnew called politicians critical of Nixon administration policies “nattering nabobs of…

For release: 07/23/26   Troy Jackson is Graham Platner lite By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Troy Jackson, the Maine Democratic Party prospective nominee for the Senate, is Graham Platner lite. Platner withdrew from the race to face incumbent Republican Susan Collins following allegations that he sexually assaulted two women, charges he has denied. At…

For release: 07/21/26 Who are our domestic enemies? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The oath is a familiar one. The president and vice president take it, as do members of Congress and many other high government officials. It requires the oath taker to defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” We can…

For release: 07/16/26 The more things don’t change By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr knew what he was talking about when, in 1849, he coined the phrase “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” (The more things change, the more they remain the same.) It has been repeated…

For release: 07/14/26   When the guardrails are destroyed By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency People of a certain age were taught to respect the police, obey the law and other rules and regulations mostly practiced by our parents and grandparents. They believed such things would lead to better lives for themselves and for the…

For release: 07/09/26 Graham Platner is not Democrats’ only problem By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The troubles Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing (he may have withdrawn by the time you read this) are only a small part of his party’s larger problem. A week before the deadline to withdraw from the…

For release: 07/07/26 Mamdani’s twisted view of America By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a Fourth of July  message that sounded like America is on its death bed. Immigrant citizens standing on each side of him as he sat at a desk used by George Washington, were even…

1776 vs. 2026 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Two hundred and 50 years ago, self-evident truths meant something. Today, for some, things appear far less self-evident and truth has become subjective. Freedom from tyranny was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Today, freedom has been transformed into license, the right to do whatever…

For release: 06/30/26 Democrats Then and Now By Cal Thomas   Following last week’s primary elections in which the rise of Democrat-Socialist candidates alarmed many longtime Democrats, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) read a list of things he said those far-left candidates stand for. To conservatives, and Independents, the list sounded like a grand jury…

For release: 06/25/26 The anti-socialists strike back By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Those of a certain age – meaning roughly 65 or older – will recall the “Bicentennial Minute.” These were one-minute homages to the mostly good history of America that ran on CBS 1974 through 1976 to mark America’s 200th anniversary. Politicians, celebrities…