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CAL THOMAS For release: 02/08/22 The real cause behind the rise in crime By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency While President Biden and local officials keep talking about causes for the rise in crime in our major cities, proposing “solutions” that have failed in the past, like former President Bill Clinton’s Midnight Basketball idea, the…

A deal with the devil By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Former President Donald Trump has further – if that’s possible – undistinguished himself by again attacking his vice president, Mike Pence. In another of his ongoing email messages to supporters (which are usually accompanied by a donate button), Trump says he wanted Pence to…

A deal with the devil By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Former President Donald Trump has further – if that’s possible – undistinguished himself by again attacking his vice president, Mike Pence. In another of his ongoing email messages to supporters (which are usually accompanied by a donate button), Trump says he wanted Pence to…

Crime and a widow’s eloquence By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Trust in government has been declining since the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. According to Pew Research, only 36 percent of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents and 9 percent of Republicans and those leaning Republican now trust government. Who can blame them given the failure…

Forget bipartisanship By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency In certain circles — but not on cable networks or in fundraising letters — one continues to hear talk about bipartisanship and “reaching across the aisle.” It sounds good and people who use the phrase probably feel better about themselves, but I wish to propose an alternative:…

CAL THOMAS For release: 01/25/22 McConnell deconstructs Biden By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The art of deconstructing an argument by refutation and holding a person accountable for previous statements that the person now contradicts was once an honored tradition. It has now mostly gone the way of other traditions in favor of sound bite…

CAL THOMAS For release: 01/18/22 Lying lips By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency How do you know when a politician is lying? Answer: when his lips are moving. It’s an old joke, but it fits the Biden administration. The president went to Atlanta last week where he made claims that would have sent a lie…

New York: No longer a ‘Fun City’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency “Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is one who keeps the Law.” (Proverbs 29:18) That didn’t last long. The optimism surrounding New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams, seems to be quickly eroding due to several self-inflicted…

School daze By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency For the third straight day last week, the Chicago Teachers Union canceled classes, choosing to return to virtual learning and citing dangers from the Omicron variant as their excuse. To many, this is seen as nothing more than a teachers’ strike and power grab executed by a…

Let’s out the men in Maxwell-Epstein case By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell on five of six charges of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is not and should not be the end of the story. While Maxwell has been held accountable for her actions,…