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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,…

For release: 10/26/23 Israel’s difficult choices By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency When Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was struggling over when to order the D-Day invasion of Europe in 1944, he wrestled with uncooperative weather, but also worried that any more delays beyond the one-day delay he had already ordered could possibly lower morale and…

For release: 10/24/23  What’s needed is renovation By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Some popular shows on PBS and cable TV are about renovating old houses – taking dilapidated, out-of-fashion and dreary houses and turning them into modern, functioning, and attractive places in which to live. Renovation is precisely what is needed in our country…

CAL THOMAS For release: 10/19/23 What a Palestinian state would look like By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency       On “60 Minutes” last Sunday, President Biden said he thinks it would be a “mistake … for Israel to occupy … Gaza again.” He also conceded that eliminating Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon “is a necessary…