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Will AI cause Doomsday? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In the satirical 1964 anti-war film “Dr. Strangelove,” fears of a “Doomsday machine,” an automated, unstoppable device programmed to trigger global nuclear annihilation if the Soviet Union is attacked, gripped U.S. leaders and the Soviet ambassador in the American “war room.” Predictions of doomsdays by…

For release: 09/10/26 Once again it will be about turnout By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Republicans are holding a unique midterm combination rally, get-out-the-vote convention in Dallas this week. The GOP hopes to raise enthusiasm (and money) for Republican candidates in the November election. One indication they are in trouble are polls that show…

For release: 09/08/26 Never forget 9/11 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency             I was sitting in my home office not far from the Pentagon when it happened. The TV behind me had the sound lowered but I suddenly became aware of a major development. I reached for the remote and cranked up the…

For release: 09/03/26 What’s in a name? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As part of Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada that the administration claims isn’t a trade war, the president has signed an executive order, renaming Lake Ontario, “Lake America.” This follows his renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” These…

For release: 09/01/26 A message for men over 50 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The diagnosis was not a surprise – well, yes it was, because like many men with a health issue we try to deny it, or delay treatment when everyone knows that “early detection” is critical to a cure. My PSA…

For release: 08/25/26 Never trust a politician By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The woman in the grocery store checkout line had an accent. While we waited for our items to be rung up, I asked her where she was from. “Argentina,” she said. “Is the inflation rate in Argentina under 100 percent yet?” I…

CAL THOMAS For release: 08/20/26 Back to school 2026-27 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When I attended a much different public school in suburban Maryland, there was a public service announcement on TV that asked: “It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” I was usually in bed at that hour on…

For release: 08/18/26 A special golden anniversary By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Golden anniversaries used to be special celebrations in the days when people got married and stayed married. This year marks the golden anniversary, not of a married couple, but of an organization that invests in the lives of people whom politicians largely…

For release: 08/13/26 Why can’t we fix the oil problem? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “We are the United States of America and there is nothing we can’t do if we do it together.” – President Joe Biden I am not in the habit of favorably quoting the former president, but he was right…

For release: 08/11/26 Summertime political reruns By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When I was younger, so much younger than today (credit The Beatles for that lyric from “Help”), television networks would rerun programs that had originally been broadcast the previous fall and spring. A few still do, like “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy,” but…