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CAL THOMAS For release: 08/22/23 Questions I would ask the GOP candidates By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Wednesday night’s GOP primary debate in Milwaukee for the Republican candidates for the presidency will be more a Q&A session than a classic debate, but that’s OK. Viewers will have a chance to take the measure of…

FOR RELEASE 8/24/2023 Nails on a chalkboard By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Anyone who has cringed at the sound of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard has likely experienced the same feeling whenever President Biden speaks. The president visited Maui this week (which he mistakenly referred to as “the Big Island”) and did little to…

For release: 08/17/23 Back to what type of school? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As millions of children return to public school, it’s a good idea to again examine what they are being taught and what is being left out. It also offers an annual opportunity for parents to ask if their kids are…

The Afghanistan withdrawal re-examined By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency   August 10, 2023       One of the advantages to a change in majority in one or both houses of Congress is that the public gets to see what the other party won’t address or has been covering up. Such was the case on Monday when Rep.…

CAL THOMAS For release: 08/08/23 Fight crime shoot back By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Some years ago, during a crime wave like the one we now seem to be experiencing, a bumper sticker appeared that said “Fight Crime Shoot Back.” It expressed the frustration many felt at the time that criminals were mostly getting…

For release: 08/01/23 Shame on us By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Plymouth Notch, VT – One hundred years ago on Aug. 2, President Warren Harding died and Calvin Coolidge became America’s 30th president. The contrast between the two men is stark. While Harding was extremely popular with voters, later revelations doomed his presidency to…

For release: 07/27/23 Irony at the border By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The Department of Justice has announced it is suing Texas Republican Governor Gregg Abbott for using floating barriers in the Rio Grande river to stop migrants who are breaking U.S. law by illegally crossing the Southern border. For this the word “irony”…

CAL THOMAS For release: 07/18/23 The Secret Service makes me nervous By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Irving Berlin’s last musical was a largely forgotten show called “Mr. President” (1962). One of the silly songs below his usual high standards included the lyric “The Secret Service makes me nervous.” That’s how I felt after the…

For release: 07/25/23 Tony Bennett: More than a ‘crooner’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency It was in the early ’60s. I was a copyboy at NBC News and the overnight disc jockey for the local radio station called and asked if I’d like to go on a boat ride down the Potomac River with…

CAL THOMAS For release: 07/20/23 The French disconnection By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Imagine the U.S. canceling the Fourth of July holiday due to high crime in our cities and you get a sense of what has occurred in France. Cities across France canceled Bastille Day observances July 14 because of rioting that ignited…