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For release: 01/31/22 Inhumanity in Memphis By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency No adjective is sufficient to describe the reaction one gets from watching five Memphis police officers beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to within an inch of his life. He later died of his injuries in a local hospital. “Inhumane” and “senseless” are as close…

Scandal? What scandal? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency        In our relativistic age in which everyone has his or her own “truth” and none is to be preferred over another so long as the individual feels good about it, why should anything be considered scandalous? If truth is subjective rather than objective, who is…

For Release January 24, 2023 A surprise resignation By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency        WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Like Halley’s Comet that only comes around every 75 years, the resignation of a top politician from office is a rare occurrence.        Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has quit and not for the usual reasons of…

The other side of fame By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency        “I’m gonna live forever, baby, remember my name” – (from “Fame”)        The death at age 54 of Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, got me thinking again about the two-edged sword that is fame.        Poems, books, even movies have addressed fame,…

Barn doors and horses By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency        After months of ignoring the problem and demonstrably false claims by his Homeland Security secretary that the southern border is “secure,” President Biden is finally visiting the area this week as part of a trip to Mexico.        Last week, the administration announced it…

January 3, 2023 A new year but nothing new by Cal Thomas People speak of a new year as turning the page, or starting out fresh, or forgetting the past. At the start of a new year, I like to look back a century ago to see what has changed and what hasn’t. In 1923,…

An old debt carries over to a new year By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.” – Herbert Hoover “Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.” – Benjamin Franklin Eighteen Republican senators voted for the monstrosity known as the $1.7 trillion…

Bad political theater by Cal ThomasFor Release 12/27/2022 In a theatrical performance the worst thing that can happen is to have a predictable outcome. That is precisely what occurred with the Jan. 6 Committee, which has referred former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution on four counts – “influencing or…

CAL THOMAS For release: 12/20/22 The diluting of America By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If you like cream in your coffee (if not, the analogy works with any other drink), keep pouring after you have reached what you would normally drink. If you pour the cream long enough it will replace the coffee. That…

I (used to) love New York December 15, 2022 By Cal Thomas        NEW YORK – I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight attendant on board. She (and it was always a…