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     For Releaase March 15, 2023 SVB Not Anyone’s Fault?       by Cal Thomas       One of the benefits of being a Washington insider, from the President of the United States to the lowliest bureaucrat, is never having to admit your policies are wrong.       In the case of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the nation’s tenth…

For release: 03/16/23 SVB not anyone’s fault? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency One of the benefits of being a Washington insider, from the president of the United States to the lowliest bureaucrat, is never having to admit your policies are wrong. In the case of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the nation’s 10th largest…

For release: 03/14/23 A hard pill to swallow By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced the state will not do business with the Walgreens store chain “or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk.” Notice the familiar buzzwords – extremists and putting women’s…

CAL THOMAS For release: 03/09/23 A different narrative on Jan. 6 By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently aired on his show portions of the Jan. 6th video footage he received from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Carlson claims the previously unseen video shows a broader picture than the narrow one…

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…