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CAL THOMAS On turning 80 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures (Psalm 90:10) A TV ad for a dietary supplement features a woman who says, “Age is just a number and mine is unlisted.” Mine is not unlisted and a simple internet search…

Biden’s misplaced emphasis on one gun By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency We now know at least one of the priorities of the Biden administration during the remaining weeks Democrats control the House of Representatives. The president says he would try to “get rid of assault weapons.” Speaking to reporters at his Nantucket, Massachusetts, holiday…

CAL THOMAS Thanksgiving to whom? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Merriam-Webster has announced it is adding about 500 new words to its 7th edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. I doubt most people will ever use them in conversation or in writing, but they will be beneficial when playing the board game. Meanwhile,…

Schumer, then and now By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If an awards show were created to honor Washington politicians for the most outlandish, hypocritical and contradictory positions, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) would be among the top contenders. In a 2009 speech at Georgetown Law School, Sen. Schumer said the following: “…illegal immigration is wrong.…

Mike Pence: A man of integrity By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If former Vice President Mike Pence is ever in need of a character witness, he could not do much better than one statement former President Donald Trump made to him. In his new book “So Help Me God,” Pence quotes Trump as pressuring…

:1/8/2022 A ‘sure thing’ election that wasn’t Cal Thomas MIAMI – If Republicans could not score their “red wave” victories predicted by many pundits – and even some Democrats – in these midterm elections, what’s next for them? All the issues were on their side – inflation, high gas and food prices, an open border,…

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/15/22 Toxic Trump must leave the stage By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “I don’t believe in living in the past. Living in the past is for cowards. If you live in the past, you die in the past.” Football legend Mike Ditka “The future is now.” – Football legend George…

A ‘sure thing’ election that wasn’t by Cal Thomas,For Release 11/09/2022 MIAMI – If Republicans could not score their “red wave” victories predicted by many pundits – and even some Democrats – in these midterm elections, what’s next for them? All the issues were on their side – inflation, high gas and food prices, an…

What the Election in Brazil Can Teach America                                        by Cal Thomas       Brazil held a presidential election last Sunday. Here’s how The Wall Street Journal reported the result: “Brazilians elected Luiz ‘Lula’ da Silva to the presidency again on Sunday, ousting incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by less than two percent of the vote. Latin…

CAL THOMAS For release: 11/08/22 What if/then what for GOP? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Assuming the polls are right – and history has shown that is sometimes a risky assumption – Republicans will take over the House of Representatives by a large margin following Tuesday‘s election and possibly even the Senate by enough seats…