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For release: 03/07/23 Read his lips: more new taxes By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency President Joe Biden has announced he will raise “some taxes” in the budget he is proposing this week to Congress. Biden again claims no one making less than $400,000 a year will pay more taxes. The federal government receives record…

Before he became host of “The Tonight Show” on NBC, Johnny Carson hosted a show on ABC called “Who Do You Trust?” The grammatical error aside (WHOM do you trust would have been correct), it’s a question many are asking when it comes to their government, scientists and politicians. Perhaps an updated version might be…

CAL THOMAS For release: 02/23/23 History in black and white By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Last week’s symposium in Washington, D.C., that marked the beginning of a year-long observance commemorating the 100th anniversary year of Calvin Coolidge becoming president contained too many important reminders of what the past can teach the present to be…

The Coolidge presidency at 100 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency        WASHINGTON – How people understand history largely depends on who writes it and from what perspective.        Calvin Coolidge, our 30th president, has received what might be called a raw deal from historians like Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Henry Steele Commager, among others.…

For release: 02/14/23 Looking up, looking down By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency While the military is focused on foreign objects flying over American and Canadian territory, a more disturbing threat to our national security is occurring on the ground. Federal, state and local governments are behind in their response to the acquisition of American…

CAL THOMAS For release: 02/09/23 A fading star vs. a rising star By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency We’ve heard it all before. In fact, a recording of last year’s State of the Union could have been replayed, saving President Biden a trip to Capitol Hill. Numbers can be selectively used to hide reality and…

CAL THOMAS For release: 02/07/23 Trial balloons By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency KEY LARGO, Florida – Say the words “espionage” and “communism” to a younger generation and they might think you’re talking about spy novels and Cold War history. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thinks both words describe contemporary threats. During a visit…

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 3, 2023     MIGRANTS WHO HAVE REACHED NEW YORK CITY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR ACCOMODATIONS. EGGED-ON BY VARIOUS ACTIVIST GROUPS THEY ARE REFUSING TO LEAVE HOTEL ROOMS COSTING OTHER PEOPLE $500 A NIGHT FOR A SHELTER IN BROOKLYN BECAUSE THEY SAY THE SHOWERS AREN’T AS HOT AND OTHER COMPLAINTS.     LET…

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…